[17068] in Athena Bugs
Re: multiple copies broken under lprng?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Whitson)
Tue Aug 17 16:38:41 1999
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-print@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
From: Mike Whitson <mwhitson@MIT.EDU>
Date: 17 Aug 1999 16:36:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: John Hawkinson's message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:10:15 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-Id: <n91so5iywis.fsf@athyra.mit.edu>
John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU> writes:
> On an 8.3.15 Sun, attempting to print multiple copies
> fails:
>
> [hodge-podge!jhawk] ~> !lpte
> lptest | lpr -Pmeadow -#2
> Fatal error - Maximum of 1 copies allowed
Thanks for noting this.
> I thought that "mx#0" was implied if nothing was specified.
Correct, but irrelevant. mx is "Maximum job file size." mc is
"Maximum number of copies", which defaults to 1.
> If this isn't a bug, what's the right thing to request of hesreq to
> permit multiple copies?
We'll have to think a bit about this; it will require moira changes
and a bit of policy discussion.
Mike Whitson
MIT/IS Athena Server Operations
