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From: [e-mail] (Gregory N. Bond)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Patch to pcnfsd-92.08.21
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Date: 3 Sep 92 06:39:37 GMT
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Attached below is a patch to the pcnfsd version 2 dated 92/08/21,
probably only relevant to Sun PC-NFS 4.0.  It adds an option to look
at the /etc/printcap file instead of "lpc stat" to get the list of
printers. This has the following advantages:

1) You can get descriptive comments in the printer description.  This
is (unfortunately!) ignored by the "net printers" command(*), but is
available in the Windows printer setup dialog.

2) Placeholder entries in the printcap don't appear in the list of
printers on a PC.  (By placeholder entries, I mean ones that have no
lp= or rm= fields, but contain common settings and are referenced
from other printcap entries via tc=.)

The patches assume that your printcap file is in a certain (fairly
loose) format;  feeding in random strings may well break!  It expects
each printer definition to look something like this:

realname|alias-1|alias-2|Descriptive Name:\
    :sd=...:lf=...:sf=....:\
    :rm=foo:rp=fooprinter:lp=:\
    :tc=ps-fmt:

ps-fmt|Formatter defs for PostScript printers:\
    :df=.....:tf=......:sh:rw:

Each real printer entry contains an "official" name, zero or more
aliases, and the last name is a description, (e.g. "LaserJet in Rm
2254").  Real printers either have a non-null lp= field or non-null
rm= and rp= fields. Continuation lines have leading TAB (not space)
characters, and lp/rm/rp entries are not recognised on the name line.

Placeholder entries have neither lp= fields nor rp= fields; they are
ignored as far as the PC is concerned (e.g. ps-fmt entry above).

These patches have not been extensivly tested, but they work for us.
Tested only on SunOs 4.1. Use at your own risk.  No warranty.  Worth
every cent you paid for it.  Don't sleep in the subway.

Greg.

(*) Geoff: Can you please pretty please use the comment field in the
net printers output if it looks like an interesting string?  Please?
You are welcome to include these patches in the next distribution,
should you wish to!

-- if you -- cut here -- you will void the warranty on your monitor... --
*** pcnfsd_print.c.DIST    Wed Aug 19 02:53:12 1992
--- pcnfsd_print.c    Thu Sep  3 15:47:05 1992
***************
*** 597,603 ****

  #endif SVR4_STYLE_PR_LIST

! #ifdef BSD_STYLE_PR_LIST

  int
  build_pr_list()
--- 597,603 ----

  #endif SVR4_STYLE_PR_LIST

! #if defined(BSD_STYLE_PR_LIST) && !defined(PRINTCAP_STYLE_PR_LIST)

  int
  build_pr_list()
***************
*** 654,660 ****

      return(1);
  }
! #endif BSD_STYLE_PR_LIST



--- 654,802 ----

      return(1);
  }
! #endif /* defined(BSD_STYLE_PR_LIST) && !defined(PRINTCAP_STYLE_PR_LIST) */
!
!
!
! #ifdef PRINTCAP_STYLE_PR_LIST
!
! int
! build_pr_list()
! {
! pr_list last = NULL;
! pr_list curr = NULL;
! char buff[256];
! FILE *p;
! char *cp, *lcp;
! int saw_system;
!
!     p = fopen("/etc/printcap", "r");
!     if(p == NULL) {
!         printers = list_virtual_printers();
!         return(1);
!     }
!
!     while(fgets(buff, 255, p) != NULL) {
! /*
!  * Assume printcap entries look like this:
!  * # comments
!  * realname|alias|alias|Descriptive Name:\
!  *     :sd=......:\
!  *     :rm=remhost:rp=remprtr:\
!  *
!  * We look for lines starting with an alphanumeric character.  Then we
!  * take the first entry as the official name, the last as a comment.
!  */
!         if(isalnum(buff[0])) {
!              /*
!               * Is the first line of a new printer
!               * description.  If we are already processing a
!               * printer, add it to the list.
!               */
!              if (curr && !(curr->device && curr->pn)) {
!               /*
!                * Don't add printers with no device - they
!                * are placeholder printcap entries intended
!                * to be used with tc=xxxx entries.
!                */
!               free_pr_list_item(curr);
!               curr = NULL;
!              }
!              if (curr) {
!               /*
!                * Add this printer
!                */
!               if (!curr->remhost) curr->remhost = my_strdup("");
!               if(last == NULL)
!                    printers = curr;
!               else
!                    last->pr_next = curr;
!               last = curr;
!               curr = NULL;
!              }
!              /*
!               * Create the new printer
!               */
!              curr = (struct pr_list_item *)
!               grab(sizeof (struct pr_list_item));
!
!              curr->pn = NULL;
!              curr->device = NULL;
!              curr->remhost = NULL;
!              curr->cm = NULL;
!              curr->pr_next = NULL;
!
!              /*
!               * Find the canonical name
!               */
!              cp = strtok(buff, "\r\n\\|:");
!              if(!cp)
!               continue;
!              curr->pn = my_strdup(cp);
!              /*
!               * Now get the last name to use as a comment
!               */
!              lcp = cp;
!              while (cp = strtok(NULL, ":|\\\r\n")) {
!               if (!isalnum(*cp)) break;
!               lcp = cp;
!              }
!              curr->cm = my_strdup(lcp);
!         }
!         if (buff[0] != '\t')
!              continue;
!
!         /* Is a data line */
!         if ((cp = strstr(buff, "rm=")) &&
!             (lcp = strchr(cp + 3, ':')) && lcp > cp + 4) {
!              cp += 3;
!              *lcp = '\0';
!              curr->remhost = my_strdup(cp);
!              *lcp = ':';
!         }
!         if (!curr->device &&
!             (cp = strstr(buff, "rp=")) &&
!             (lcp = strchr(cp + 3, ':')) && lcp > cp + 4) {
!              cp += 3;
!              *lcp = '\0';
!              curr->device = my_strdup(cp);
!              *lcp = ':';
!         }
!         if (!curr->device &&
!             (cp = strstr(buff, "lp=")) &&
!             (lcp = strchr(cp + 3, ':')) && lcp > cp + 4) {
!              curr->device = my_strdup(curr->pn);
!         }
!
!
!     }
!     (void) fclose(p);
!
!     if (curr && !(curr->device && curr->pn)) {
!          free_pr_list_item(curr);
!          curr = NULL;
!     }
!     if (curr) {
!          if (!curr->remhost) curr->remhost = my_strdup("");
!          if(last == NULL)
!           printers = curr;
!          else
!           last->pr_next = curr;
!          last = curr;
!          curr = NULL;
!     }
!
! /*
! ** Now add on the virtual printers, if any
! */
!     if(last == NULL)
!         printers = list_virtual_printers();
!     else
!         last->pr_next = list_virtual_printers();
!
!     return(1);
! }
! #endif /* PRINTCAP_STYLE_PR_LIST */



*** Makefile.DIST    Wed Aug 19 02:52:08 1992
--- Makefile    Thu Sep  3 16:12:25 1992
***************
*** 43,49 ****
  #LIBS= -lrpcsvc -lsocket -lnsl
  #
  # SunOS 4.1[.x] for SPARC
! CFLAGS = $(BUGFLAG) -DOSVER_SUNOS41
  LIBS= -lrpcsvc
  #
  # SunOS 4.0.3[c] for SPARC, Sun386i or Sun 3
--- 43,49 ----
  #LIBS= -lrpcsvc -lsocket -lnsl
  #
  # SunOS 4.1[.x] for SPARC
! CFLAGS = $(BUGFLAG) -DOSVER_SUNOS41 -DPRINTCAP_STYLE_PR_LIST
  LIBS= -lrpcsvc
  #
  # SunOS 4.0.3[c] for SPARC, Sun386i or Sun 3
--
Gregory Bond <[e-mail]> Burdett Buckeridge & Young Ltd Melbourne Australia
``USL has never sold long distance.  You're going after the wrong men in black
  hats.  (Or, in the case of Plan 9, black space suits)'' - Tom Limoncelli