richard@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Richard Brittain) (07/28/89)
If anyone is using the lpr/lpq utilities posted recently, you might be
interested in a new version of lpq that displays the percentage of the
file currently printed, e.g.
( 1) c:\tmp\prog\prog.doc (39281 bytes) printing (20%)
I didn't post this version because I wasn't sure how robust my snooping in the
system file table was. I have since tested it on 3.1, 3.3 and 4.01 and it
seems to work. I find it very useful when printing long documents. Of course
it only tells you what percentage has been read from disc, not how much has
actually hit the paper, so isn't much use if you use a large printer buffer.
Send me email if you would like this.
Richard Brittain, School of Elect. Eng., Upson Hall
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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