Re: Pipe problems (dreams?) in Informix 4gl

Posted in 1998

John Carlson — Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:27:54 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Michal Hajek wrote: > > John Carlson wrote: > > I have a user where the report never starts. It appears that he is > > unable to open a pipe to the printer. He can print to file with no > > problem. Other users can print a report to printer. Just not able to > > make the connection to the printer. > > How many users and printers have you in your system ? We > had a similar problem with more then 500 defined printers... > Can the user print from command line ? > 60 users and 10 printers. I was able to su to his ID and print from the command line in the format " cat <filename> | lp -d<printer>" with no problems. John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc.