kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 11:16:59AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > I've been trying to do this off-and-on for two years, and although > > I've had lots of help, nothing has ever worked. Can I assume that > > it's impossible to print and email a document from one command? > > You've outline of a rather complicated method. How about: > > cat <<EOF > /usr/local/bin/print-n-mail > #!/bin/bash > lpr \$@ > mail -s \"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" \$USER < \$@ > EOF > > chmod +x /usr/local/bin/print-n-mail > > ...or how doesn't this fit the bill? > > I would in general avoid munging an existing utility which does one > thing to make it do two. Rather I'd write a new utility to combine the > two existing ones. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http:/www.netcom.com/~kmself
I might have left out detail that might prove to be important. This printer queue will be shared over the network so that a 911 call notification server can print to it, generating both the printout and an email and a beeper message (via email). The 911 call notification server is running on a WindowsNT (gag, aack) box. Currently, the 911 software can't print and email, so I wanted to bring Linux into the picture to demonstrate to the big-whigs that Linux solves problems. Only thing is, I've been trying for two years off-and-on to solve this problem with no results. The method you use seems to work for local command-line printing, but I'm having trouble seeing how I can use it to allow a Windows box to print to it via the network. But then, I'm a relative newbie to Linux, so I may be missing the obvious.
