Re: missing printer socket

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From: David Lemson
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 23:01

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da0g+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Apfelbaum) writes:

>Someone please correct me if I'm wrong....


>Shouldn't "/etc/MAKEDEV std" make the printer device?   (Along with the
>other standard devices?)


If you're talking about /dev/printer, it's created by lpd when it
starts up.  Notice that /dev/printer is deleted in /etc/rc at each
reboot.
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: missing printer socket
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