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Re: DOS print command [message #18589 is a reply to message #18577]

Wed, 19 January 2000 00:00

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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Ben Tupper wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When I spawn a print command to the default printer in UNIX I might type
> something like:
> SPAWN, 'lp mydoc.ps'
>
> What is the equivalent command for DOS/MS-DOS. I tried SPAWN, 'print
> mydoc.ps', but I am told
> that the latest versions of MS-DOS don't accept that command.

How about one of the following:

spawn, 'copy mydoc.ps prn:'
spawn, 'copy mydoc.ps lpt1:'

Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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