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2 total messages Started by David Apfelbaum Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:33
Re: missing printer socket
#1027
Author: David Apfelbaum
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:33
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong....


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



            -David.
Re: missing printer socket
#1040
Author: 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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