peterson@SW.MCC.COM (James Peterson) (12/23/87)
I have a file of PostScript commands that I need to down load to the NeWS server. Under the assumption that NFS is providing the same file system to both client and server, I would like to just tell the server the name of the file and tell it to load the file, like: (/usr/lib/NeWS/appl.ps) loadfile But I can find no NeWS or Postscript command for this function. Do I have to read the file in my client application and send the bytes down to the NeWS server one at a time?
rcp@SW.MCC.COM (Rob Pettengill) (12/24/87)
In article <8712222218.AA05038@cleo> peterson%sw.MCC.COM@MCC.COM (James Peterson) writes:
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;I have a file of PostScript commands that I need to down load to
;the NeWS server. Under the assumption that NFS is providing the
;same file system to both client and server, I would like to just
;tell the server the name of the file and tell it to load the file,
;like:
;
; (/usr/lib/NeWS/appl.ps) loadfile
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;But I can find no NeWS or Postscript command for this function.
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;Do I have to read the file in my client application and send the
;bytes down to the NeWS server one at a time?
Jim,
You are very close.
init.ps uses
(user.ps) LoadFile pop
to load the user init file. I assume that Postscript is case
sensitive.
;rob
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To load a bunch of postscript commands, send the following to the
NeWS server:
(filename) run
filename is a filename with a full path. I do it all the time. In fact,
one of my cdef functions looks something like this:
cdef cps_init
systemdict /my_package known not
{
(/usr/sungod/aronson/src/newsutils/mypackage.ps) run
} if
my_package begin
100 dict begin
This file contains a bunch of NeWS utilities that many of my applications
use. These common utilities are loaded only once to each NeWS server. They
are loaded the first time an application requiring the utilities is executed.
I don't add trash to the system dictionary, because they are all collected
into a private dictionary. I add one key to the system dictionary that
points to my stuff.
Marc Aronson
aronson@ge-crd.arpa -- steinmetz!sungod!aronsongreg@parallax.UUCP (Greg Cockroft) (12/25/87)
I have a file of PostScript commands that I need to down load to the NeWS server. Under the assumption that NFS is providing the same file system to both client and server, I would like to just tell the server the name of the file and tell it to load the file, like: (/usr/lib/NeWS/appl.ps) loadfile But I can find no NeWS or Postscript command for this function. Try psh executive /verbose? true store (/usr/lib/NeWS/app1.ps) LoadFile pop Source for LoadFile is in init.ps -greg.
msc@ramoth.SGI.COM (Mark Callow) (01/09/88)
Re: Question on loading a file into the server.
Use 'psh <filename>' or 'psview <filename>'
depending whether the file in question is a program for NeWS (use psh)
or raw PostScript like you'd send to a printer (use psview). The
distinction isn't as clear cut as I've made it appear. The above is
just a guideline.
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