HELP - things are going badly wrong!
HCART at vax.oxford.ac.UK
HCART at vax.oxford.ac.UK
Tue Jul 25 21:20:51 AEST 1989
Can anyone give advice about a couple of (indirectly) related
problems?
1. The printer status file /usr/spool/lp/pstatus has accidentally
been removed. What utility creates this? Now the system reports
that my printer has 'disappeared' Creating an empty file with the
appropriate name does not help. What should I do?
2. Don't say 'get the old pstatus off tape', because when I tried to
do that, I got the message /dev/rmt2 no such device. I don't seem
to be able to access the tape drive. (aaah!) I ran MAKEDEV and checked
that the files /dev/rmt1-4 are present and readable, but I still
can't read the tape. I am sure I am doing something stupid, but when
you are a programmer, not a UNIX man that happens sometimes...
I am running an Iris 3130. All information gratefully received.
Hugh Cartwright.
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