NAME
ubmlp – select a printer
SYNOPSIS
ubmlp <command>
DESCRIPTION
ubmlp prompts the user to select a printer from a list of available printers and then executes command piping its output to the selected print spool service.
The list of available printers is held in the file $UBDIR/printers/list (normally /usr/lib/ub/printers/list). The format of this file is a ubitem list where the return value is the printer spool command the display is a description of the printer.
<printer list> ::=<printer def> <printer def> ::=<spool command>:<description>
eg. lp -s : DEFAULT PRINTER lp : NOISY PRINTER
Once the printer has been selected command is executed with its output redirected.
If $P_SELECT is included in command, command is executed but not redirected. Instead the variable P_SELECT is set to the printer command.
To pass $P_SELECT through to ubmlp, it may need to be escaped.
<P> <h2>EXAMPLE</h2> <PRE> ubmlp ubreport stocklist ubmlp ubreport -p\”\$P_SELECT\”stocklist </PRE> (NB. ” and $ are escaped with\.)
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