Can I do this with a FIFO?

[Peter Steele]

I am evaluating a software package (called qprint) to give us enhanced
printing capabilities (in particular forms control). This package does
not have direct support for remote printers. However, when a printer
is defined, you can specify either a normal device name (e.g. /dev/lp0)
or a FIFO. I've never used fifos before. Can I use a fifo to somehow
set up a link with a remote host? If not this, could I at least set
something up that would cause the file being printed to be piped to
another file on the same host as the file being printed? Am I on track
at all?



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Peter Steele   Postmaster   peter at auad.acadiau.ca   Tel: 902-542-2201
Software Analyst, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS  Fax: 902-542-7224