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Re: LPR and Fortran flow control RFC 1179

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From: Lars Poulsen
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:22
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In article <1993Jan22.170024.2775@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
   robin@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:
>For output we get a complete printout on the host... but the fortran flow
>control is NOT interpreted and the "1" "0" "+".. etc. are printed.

The file is printed as transmitted. How would the print server host know
that this file came from FORTRAN ?

You need the format the FORTRAN Format Control (not flow control, that
means something else entirely) in a filter on the sending side.
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/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer	Internet E-mail: lars@CMC.COM
  CMC Network Products / Rockwell Int'l	Telephone: +1-805-968-4262	
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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
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Subject: Re: LPR and Fortran flow control RFC 1179
Message-ID: <1993Jan26.072251.8942@spectrum.CMC.COM>
Date: 26 Jan 93 07:22:51 GMT
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