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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ksh question, loops Post 75725 by BG_JrAdmin on Tuesday 21st of June 2005 03:53:18 PM
Old 06-21-2005
ksh question, loops
i want to add about 60 printers using a ksh script.
i am having trouble though, i am reading the input from the hosts file and using the lpadmin command to add like so:

lpadmin -p [printername] -v /dev/null -m netstandard -o dest=[ipaddy]

i want printername and ipaddy to come from the hosts file, i am having some trouble getting the right variables in the right spots, i know this is about a 2 minute script for some of you, so any assistance will be greatly appreciated.


thanks,
Brian
 

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tsm.lpadmin

tsm.lpadmin(1M) 														   tsm.lpadmin(1M)

NAME

       tsm.lpadmin - add or remove a printer for use with tsm(1)

SYNOPSIS

       printer model

       printer

DESCRIPTION

       is  used  to add (or remove) a printer to the LP spooling system when the printer is connected to the system through a terminal running the
       Terminal Session Manager (see tsm(1)).  is a shell script that uses in the normal way but also creates a named pipe to which LP	output	is
       directed (see lpadmin(1)).  This named pipe is opened by TSM and data flowing from it is sent to the printer through the terminal.

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      Names a printer to be created with an associated pipe.
			     If is used, must also be specified.

	      Selects a model interface program for
			     printer.	model is one of the model interface names supplied with the LP software (see the Models topic in the lpad-
			     min(1)) manual entry.  If is used, must also be specified.

	      Removes	     printer from the LP system.  No other options are allowed with

   Restrictions
       To use you must be user or

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       lpadmin(1M), tsm(1).

																   tsm.lpadmin(1M)
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