S3LMGEB%SAE.TOWSON.EDU@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Eric Bennett) (05/29/91)
I am a relatively green Unix geek. I've been using the following to turn the
printer off automatically without it "turning on so's that it can turn off".
Aside from an occasional error message if something is printing (and once when
the queue got stuck) it seems to work pretty well. If there is an easier way
or better way to do this (or to do the update check) please tell me.
#! /bin/csh
#
# /usr/adm/np0-off
#
# This script is run every half-hour by cron. It turns off
# the np0 printer if it has been left on.
#
set ison=(`find /usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Printer/lock -newer /usr/adm/np0-off.time
-print`)
if $#ison then
/usr/etc/nppower off
touch /usr/adm/np0-off.time
endif
- Eric
Eric Bennett s3lmgeb@sae.towson.edu
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