Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/05/01/14:13:23
> Symantec C++) and long ago ported to UNIX for it's features, one of which is
> writing directly to the spooler (lp or lpr) on UNIX or to PRN: on DOS. On
> porting it back to DOS/DJGPP I noticed that writing to LPT1:/PRN: would
> furiously churn the disk but produce nothing! I have taken to writing the
> output to disk and then printing that from DOS.
That one's easy: DOS doesn't recognize LPT1: or PRN: as special when you
attach a colon to them. Use LPT1, PRN, etc., and it will work.
- Raw text -