Re: [SLUG] bug in RH7.1 lpr -K option

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 11:46:19 EDT


You are correct Scott. It depends on the version. It is definitely an option
in lprng along with -#. -K is not listed as a an option for lpr in the book
Linux Command Summary by Grove an Hughes.
Smitty

On Thursday 14 June 2001 10:48, you wrote:
> Well, you can say what you want to, but I just checked "man lpr" and there
> is no -K option listed in the man page on my version of lpr, and I even
> tested it just for the sake of things and received an invalid option
> response, so I would say your post is grossly innacurate for my version of
> lpr. There is a -K option for the lprng version of lpr, but you can also
> use -#, and it appears that there are no spaces between the option and the
> number of copies.
>
> So to put it simply, you may both be correct regarding the -K option, but
> Mike, you are decidedly wrong in your view that Smitty was inaccurate, at
> least for some versions of lpr.
>
> scott
>
> Mikes work account wrote:
> > Smitty,
> >
> > the -K option is valid, do a man on lpr. I rely on these posts and their
> > accuracy in the course of my learning Linux. It is important that all
> > posts responding to queries be accurate,,,I don't mean to criticize, but
> > everyone needs to be careful to give out qualified answers and not 'off
> > the cuff' responses. The bug remains.
> >
> > Michael C. Rock



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