tcs@BRL.MIL (Terry Slattery, SECAD) (09/10/90)
Archive-name: tcpf/07-Sep-90 Original-posting-by: tcs@BRL.MIL (Terry Slattery, SECAD) Original-subject: Re: sockets vs. streams Archive-site: ftp.cisco.com [131.108.1.27] Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) > This would be nice. A possible solution is to write a program "netsend": > > cat somefile | netsend tcp:x.x.x.x-y.y > > Since printcap allows sending to a filter rather than a specific > device, the solution is general enough. But it won't work for a postscript printer being driven from the Transcript software. Transcript wants to talk to the printer to get status info, so the link needs to be bi-directional. What you suggest has been done by cisco for their terminal servers and is available from ftp.cisco.com:tcpf.c. -tcs