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Operating Systems AIX Print to Windows PDF printer from AIX Post 302936443 by jgt on Wednesday 25th of February 2015 01:44:47 PM

02-25-2015

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Code:

     1  #!/usr/bin/ksh                                              
     2  #email pay stub to employee, as password protected pdf and  
     3  #store pdf file in pay period folder in payhistory folder   
     4  EMAIL=$1                                                    
     5  PERIOD=$2                                                   
     6  EMPL=$3                                                     
     7  PASSWORD=$4                                                 
     8  PAYSTUB=$6                                                  
     9  EMAILFLAG=$5                                                
    10  PAYROLL=$7                                                  
    11  echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 >>email.log                       
    12  if [ ! -d payhistory ]                                      
    13  then                                                        
    14          mkdir payhistory                                    
    15          chmod 0755 payhistory                               
    16  fi                                                          
    17  if [ ! -d payhistory/$PAYROLL ]                             
    18  then                                                        
    19          mkdir payhistory/$PAYROLL                           
    20          chmod 0755 payhistory/$PAYROLL                      
    21  fi                                                          
    22  if [ ! -d payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD ]                     
    23  then                                                        
    24          mkdir payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD                   
    22  if [ ! -d payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD ]                  
    23  then                                                     
    24          mkdir payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD                
    25          chmod 0755 payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD           
    26  fi                                                       
    27  /usr/gnu/bin/enscript -f Courier10 -p - <$PAYSTUB |\     
    28  ps2pdf  -  payhistory/$PAYROLL/$PERIOD/$EMPL.pdf

Make "payhistory" a shared folder (Samba/NFS) and replace enscript with your script that assembles the Postscript file.

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gnomevfs-mkdir

gnomevfs-mkdir(1)						   User Commands						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-mkdir URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory

       example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    6 Sep 2004							 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)