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Re: PRINTER variable not exported in /etc/profile was: Printing under Cygwin on W2K


On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Olaf Föllinger wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 01:39:03PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Chris Carlson wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > So, what is the proper method for printing under cygwin?
> >
> > Either "lpr" or, if you want to get fancier, "a2ps" or "enscript".
> >       Igor
>
> lpr works just fine here with a minor problem:
>
> $ lpr textfile.txt
> lpr: no printer specified
>
> though the printer is specified in /etc/profile. But the printer
> variable isn't exported there so lpr cannot find it. Should this be
> fixed?

Yep, looks like a base-files bug.  /etc/profile should have an "export
PRINTER" after the definition of "PRINTER".  John?
	Igor
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