topic Re: Defining Command line options for Printing in Operating System - HP-UX

Defining Command line options for Printing

rmueller58 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:21:22 GMT

I am wandering anyone knows if there is a way to define the printer options in the users environment..

I am using the
export LPDEST= in the .profile

We want to default in the LP command options of
-oc -ovsi7.27..

Anyone that may have an idea about defining the command options in the .profile I would appreciate it..

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:29:27 GMT

hi,

use alias in the .profile
alias lp="lp -oc"

when u say lp it takes all the options in the alias

regds

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

rmueller58 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:34:07 GMT

Ravi .. I get the following error when logging in as user..

lp alias not found
${HOME:-.}/.profile[31]: =lp -oc -ovsi7.27: invalid alias name
mabresna:

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:38:28 GMT

hi,

have u used " " marks
try again
regds

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

V. V. Ravi Kumar_1 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:43:10 GMT

again,

there should not be any space before or after =
alias lp="lp -oc"

regds

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

rmueller58 — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:51:32 GMT

That did it.. Thanks again Ravi.. You saved me again!!

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

rmueller58 — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:23:25 GMT

I had to correct some syntax,

the way I made it work was as follows:

export DEST=esucoohphplj
export arg1=-oc
export arg2=-ovsi7.27
export LPDEST=$DEST" "$arg1" "$arg2

Re: Defining Command line options for Printing

rmueller58 — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:24:10 GMT

Syntax that does work:

export DEST=esucoohphplj
export arg1=-oc
export arg2=-ovsi7.27
export LPDEST=$DEST" "$arg1" "$arg2