print & clear directory files after

[Guest_imported]

hi,

i have to clean up the directory right after printing.

how i am gonna do it? i appreciate any response.

thanks.

 

[MikeLacey]

Hi dmytri,

Should be possible -- a shell script that first prints a file and then deletes it.

You might want to separate these two steps so that you can verify files hace printed correctly before you delete them.

Tell us a bit more about what you'd like to do, your environment etc. Mike
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[Guest_imported]

thank you.

i'm using HP-UX 10.20 and currently have to deal with the prob asap.

based from your response, i should say - i have to look for the initial printing script file first, i should include remove file or validate before delete.

do you have validating argument or line/s maybe in the script before deletion? to make sure i don't del files if they're not printed.

thank you in advance.

 

[MikeLacey]

dmytri,

When lp prints a file normally it prints the *actual* file, so if you do something like:

lp file.txt && rm file.txt

(which translates as "if the lp command returns ok remove the file)

It's quite likely to fail as rm could easily delete the file before lp gets around to printing it.

I remember that there's an lp option (-c I think) that gets around this by taking a copy of the file and printing that; have a look on your man page 'man lp'

Regards, Mike
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[Guest_imported]

thank you very much.

 

[MikeLacey]

Just checked -- it is '-c' Mike
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