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- From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
- Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: POSIX threatens our use of lp/lpr and friends
- References: <C15sst.JqA@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1993Jan21.124947.8297@csc.ti.com> <1993Jan21.192822.7976@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 22:28:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.192822.7976@netcom.com> bitbug@netcom.com (James Buster) writes:
- >My question is, why not standardize a general-purpose batch and queueing
- >mechanism that happens to work for print spooling than just specify a
- >print spooler? This seems to me much more useful and elegant than the
- >current 1003.7 effort.
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- That is, in fact, one way to look at the 1003.15 effort, currently in ballot.
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