Ho do I define LPDEST for printer?

[Yaroki]

Hi all,

I would like to know how I can determine the LPDEST so when I type

# echo $LPDEST

It will bring up the requested result that I set before.

(On HP-UX B.11.11)

Thanks,

Yali

[Patrick Wallek]

You have to manually set LPDEST in your personal .profile if you want it set every time you log in.

For example, add the following to your .profile if you want printer BR549 set as your LPDEST:

export LPDEST=BR549

[Yaroki]

I did it but it does not make any change. Still the old destination is set, evev after I opened new terminal.

BTW

I am sorry but it is HP-UX B.10.20

[Dennis Handly]

>I did it but it does not make any change. Still the old destination is set, even after I opened new terminal.

What's your shell?  Did you login when you opened a new terminal?  And what type of terminal?

Did you put that export at the end of your .profile?

[Yaroki]

My shell is tcsh. I know that the export command dosen't work on this shell, but I set the LPDEST at the .profile file. It supose to work?

I opened a new terminal when with and without loggin.

I put the export at the end of my .profile.

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>My shell is tcsh. I know that the export command doesn't work on this shell

(If you are not using a real shell, you need to mention that.)

>I set the LPDEST at the .profile file. It suppose to work?

Only if you use a real shell.

For tcsh and scummy C shell you need to use: setenv LPDEST printer

[Yaroki]

Sorry, but I didn't know that tcsh consider as not real shell.

Any way, I worte setenv LPDEST printer on .profile but still has no effect.

I edited the .profile file for the specific user I ment. Should I edit the .profile for root?

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>I didn't know that tcsh consider as not real shell.

Only ksh and the Posix shells are.

>I wrote setenv LPDEST printer on .profile but still has no effect.

Of course not.  Only real shells use .profile.  The scummy C shell uses ~/.cshrc and ~/.login

>Should I edit the .profile for root?

No.  Root should only use the Posix shell.  And in that case, use export.

[Yaroki]

Thanks for the answer,

I have to say that this shell (tcsh) used by the users and is suitable to the work.

Yali

[Dennis Handly]

>this shell (tcsh) used by the users and is suitable to the work.

Of course if that's what they are used to using.  ;-)

But it isn't useful for scripting, compared to a real shell.

And it appears they don't know how to export variables?