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Re: Printing Uploaded Windows Postscript files from Unix 4.3bsd??

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From: Will E. Rose
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 18:15
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Here's the story:

First off, Windows puts a ^D at the start of a file, and Unix chokes on this,
as well as any ^D in the file.  It must be deleted.  Also, the first line
must be a %! all alone (Apple seems to prefer it that way).

We have written a small program that will play this little game for you.
It will run under Unix or DOS.

Individuals may feel free to use this program.  _ANY_ organization or 
institution must contact the authors first at wer5@midway.uchicago.edu.

Questions/comments to me.

					Will E. Rose

					User Support Chair
					University of Chicago
					    Computing Organizations
					Academic and Public Computing

					wer5@midway.uchicago.edu

Here's the code:

/* PSFIX - Will patch a postscript file for proper printing by
	   adding '%!' at the top of the file, and by eliminating
	   any nulls and control-d's in the file.

	   This patching is necessary when printing to Apple Print
	   Servers via LocalTalk, or when printing postscript to a
	   file from MicroSoft Windows 3.0.

   Authors:

   Amish S. Dave    and         Will E. Rose

   User Support                 User Support Chair
   University of Chicago        University of Chicago
    Computing Organizations      Computing Organizations

                                GSB Computing Services

    asd2@midway.uchicago.edu    wer5@midway.uchicago.edu
                                wer5@gsbsun.uchicago.edu               */

/* This program is copyrighted by the authors.  It may be distributed in
   its unmodified form among individuals.  Permission must be obtained
   for use by corporations or organizations of any kind, including
   educational institutions, from the authors.
   Contact: wer5@midway.uchicago.edu                                   */ 


#include <stdio.h>

main (argc, argv)
int  argc;
char *argv[];
{
FILE *in, *out;
int c;
int c1,c2,c3;

if (argc != 3)
  {
    fprintf (stderr, "Improper command syntax:\n");
    fprintf (stderr, "Proper Entry: psfix infile outfile\n");
    exit (1);
  }

if ( (in = fopen (argv[1], "r")) == (FILE *) NULL)
   printf ("Couldn't open %s for reading.\n", argv[1]);
else if ( (out = fopen (argv[2], "w")) == (FILE *) NULL )
   printf ("Couldn't open %s for writing.\n", argv[2]);
else
{
  c1 = getc (in);
  c2 = getc (in);
  c3 = getc (in);
  if (c1 != (int) '%' || c2 != (int) '!' || c3 != (int) '\n')
    {
      putc ('%',out);
      putc ('!',out);
      putc ('\n',out);
    }
  if (c1 != 0 && c1 != 4) putc (c1,out);
  putc (c2,out);
  putc (c3,out);
  while ( (c = getc (in)) != EOF )
    {
      if (c != 0 && c != 4) putc (c,out);
    }
  fclose (in);
  fclose (out);
  printf ("%s has been fixed and saved as %s.\n",argv[1],argv[2]);
        exit (0);
}
}
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From: wer5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Will E. Rose)
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Subject: Re: Printing Uploaded Windows Postscript files from Unix 4.3bsd??
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Date: 20 Apr 91 18:15:04 GMT
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