printing using UNIX version of dbase3 on a 3B1

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From: ray poliakoff
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1989 03:16

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Hello everyone. I'm practically at wits end with problems concerning
a dBASE3 release for the 3B1. The most serious problem as of now is that
there is no interactive printing. By that I mean that when ever we output
to the printer within the program we have to wait untill we quit dBASE 
before we get to see the printout !!!
In the /usr/lib/dbase directory there is the command file "dbprint".
Its contents is simply:
			cat $1>/dev/lp
I understand what this does. My question is: Does anyone know how to edit
this command so that it will print while still in dBASE and not after we quit?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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