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Printcap limitation

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Braun)
Mon Jan 19 13:40:40 1998

From: Matt Braun <matt@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-moira@MIT.EDU
Cc: rar@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:40:32 EST



It appears that moira truncates printcap names to 14 characters.  Can someone
confirm that from the schema?  What do people thing about making it warn
instead of silently truncating? 

				Matt


Add New Printcap Entry to Database
name: w91-230-laserjet-5si
 
Printcap entry for w91-230-laserjet-5si.
 
Printer Server [E40-PRINT-SERVER-1.MIT.EDU]: mulch
Spool Directory [/usr/spool/printer/w91-230-laserjet-5si]: 
Remote Printer Name [w91-230-laserjet-5si]: 
Quotaserver for this printer [\[NONE\]]: 
Authentication required (y/n) [y]: n
Price/page [10]: 0
Comments []: for rar
moira: Record already exists in AddPcap
Command: 1
Get Printcap Entry Information
Name of Printer: w91-230-laserjet-5si
moira: No records in database match query in GetPcapInfo
Command: get w91-230-laserjet
Get Printcap Entry Information
Name of Printer: w91-230-laserjet
Printer: w91-230-laserjet                    Spool host: MULCH.MIT.EDU
Spool directory: /usr/spool/printer/w91-230-laser Remote Printer Name:
w91-230-
laserjet
Authentication: no  Price/page: 0    Quota Server: \[NONE\]
Comments: for rar
Last mod by mhbraun.root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU at 18-jan-1998 09:41:54 with moira.

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