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Article #14900Re: printing > 10 files
From: michael
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1986 14:32
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1986 14:32
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> My next thought (thinking in terms of Unix shell scripts) was that I could > make some kind of a loop like the following in a batch file: > for %F in * print1 %F > The file print1.bat would contain something like: > print %1 > <sleep until "print" command returns "queue empty msg"> Would for %f in * do copy %f lpt1: do the job? I believe "print" is only really needed when you want to use the printer in the background.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!syntron!orcisi!michael From: michael@orcisi.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: printing > 10 files Message-ID: <734@orcisi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 09:32:40 EST Article-I.D.: orcisi.734 Posted: Thu Dec 18 09:32:40 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 22:05:33 EST References: <88@bcsaic.UUCP> Organization: Optical Recording Corporation, Toronto, Ontario Lines: 13