laser printers, 8 bit output and fflow control

[Robert Viduya]

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Posted from  (Bill Johnston [csam]) johnston at lbl-csam
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> 	cat file >/dev/.....	#(cat probably won't work on 8 bit files, you
> 				  will have to use a simpler filter)
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Huh?  Since when does cat not work with 8-bit files?  I don't believe cat is
documented to be an "only text" file processor.  I don't know about other
systems, but cat on a Pyramid 90x running 4.2BSD and cat on a 3B2 running
System V release 2 both handle binary files.  Or is there something I'm
missing?

			robert
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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