no input files message from printer file

[Joe Chasan]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 08:28:59PM -0500, Fairlight wrote:
> Four score and seven years--eh, screw that!
> At about Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 03:53:58PM -0800,
> Bill Campbell blabbed on about:
> > On Sat, Jan 05, 2008, Scott Nelson wrote:
> > >I get this annoying error each time an output process uses printer file 
> > >"filename", on SCO 5.07 with fP 5.0
> > >
> > >It really is a bogus message, but the simple users get dazed and confused. 
> > >
> > >Any ideas?
> > 
> > Redirect stderr to /dev/null
> > 
> > lp 2>/dev/null ...
> 
> This confuses me.  He said he's using qq(printer file "filename") ...Which
> would mean `lp` shouldn't even come into play unless there's a gigantic
> bug somewhere.

i would guess it's coming into play from the printer that was the default
or set printer BEFORE the printer file command.  if this is done in pmaint,
as suggested, a 2>/dev/null following the lp command as defined in printer
maintenance should fix it.
 
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