From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17563 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 2002 04:40:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 17470 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2002 04:40:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imf02bis.bellsouth.net) (205.152.58.22) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 3 Mar 2002 04:40:48 -0000 Received: from the-means.net ([66.20.178.42]) by imf02bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with SMTP id <20020303044210.MKNP15834.imf02bis.bellsouth.net@the-means.net> for ; Sat, 2 Mar 2002 23:42:10 -0500 Received: (qmail 13884 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2002 04:40:47 -0000 Received: from milo.local.net (HELO milo.meanshome.net) (dmeans@192.168.9.1) by milo.local.net with SMTP; 3 Mar 2002 04:40:47 -0000 Subject: Re: Printing locally. From: David Means To: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <20020303122238.A1328@BSALTERDUKE1> References: <20020302165133.A1440@BSALTERDUKE1> <3C808335.806A0A51@insight.rr.com> <20020303122238.A1328@BSALTERDUKE1> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-b+fWWL/yfbLuAz6rNFNs" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 20:40:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1015130447.12379.1.camel@milo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2002-03/txt/msg00108.txt.bz2 --=-b+fWWL/yfbLuAz6rNFNs Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1316 I don't have my cygwin machine handy, so I've got to ask: how about this: cat a.txt > /cygdrive/c/WINNT/lpt1 that's probably not the ultimate solution, but does it work? David On Sat, 2002-03-02 at 21:52, Brian Salter-Duke wrote: > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 02:45:57AM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote: > > Brian: > >=20 > > I used to be able to print from cygwin by refering to /dev/lpt1 > >=20 > > -paul mcferrin >=20 > There is no /dev directory! "which lpt1" gives "/cygdrive/c/WINNT/lpt1", > but typing "lpt1 file" gives permission denied and looking in WINNT with > Windows Explorer I do not find it. I'm even more puzzled. >=20 > Cheers, Brian. >=20 > [my original query about how to print to a local printer deleted.] >=20=20 > --=20 > Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) b_duke@octa4.net.au=20=20 > Honorary Fellow in Chemistry, NT University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia. > Phone 08-89881600. Fax 08-89881302. http://lacebark.ntu.edu.au/ >=20 > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ --=20 No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. --=-b+fWWL/yfbLuAz6rNFNs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-length: 240 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAjyBqU8ACgkQUd0KwqAz4ar+pACgnrc3AS3Ve5Iej3/E0NbFWS9O 0C8AoJlUwm/vF5cqQQGzZPigHnk13NtI =avhz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-b+fWWL/yfbLuAz6rNFNs--