tawab@net4.UUCP (10/11/89)
/* Written 1:10 am Oct 8, 1989 by pjh@mccc.UUCP in net4:comp.unix.questions */ /* ---------- "PC's as UNIX Terminals with Remote" ---------- */ >Hello, networld! Next semester, I will be replacing all the terminals >on my 3B2/400 with Zenith (Bull?) ATs. UNIX and C classes will use the >ATs as terminals, but MSDOS applications classes will use them as >stand-alone PCs. >The 3B2 has the only printer in the lab connected to tty55. I would >like the MSDOS people to be able to send files to that printer without >having to learn how to log in to a Unix system. I'm open to every level >of suggestion. That is, I would like a Pascal programmer to be able to do > C:\TP> lp example3.pas >and have that file be printed by the 3B2. >Thanks. >-- >Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh We have the our at's connected via ethernet adn so we have ftp. what to do? ==> ms-dos: ======= write a procedure in ms-dos, to send a file to the unix-machine in a directory (ex: /usr/spool/request/at). unix: ===== enter a line in the crontab to lookup every 5 min. if a file is in /usr/spool/lp/request/at, and then call the lp-command to print that file[s]. useing ftp is easy. There must be a way to transmit file within your treminal emulation on ms-dos. hope I gave you an idea, robin. ================================================================================ Robin Tawab | Tel.: west-germany-89/3601-3171 | eunet: tawab.muc@nixpbe.UUCP | !USA: mcvax!unido!nixpbe!tawab.muc | /_) / . USA: uunet!linus!nixbur!tawab.muc | / \ (_) /_) / / ) ================================================================================