no input files message from printer file

Barry Wiseman bwiseman at optonline.net
Sun Jan 6 08:11:34 PST 2008


Scott Nelson wrote:
> Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
>> Scott Nelson propounded (on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 12:51:20PM -0800):
>> | I get this annoying error each time an output process uses printer file 
>> | "filename", on SCO 5.07 with fP 5.0
>>
>> Which annoying message?
>>
>> | It really is a bogus message, but the simple users get dazed and confused. 
>> | 
>> | Any ideas?
>>
>>   
> 
> 
> UX: lp: ERROR: No (or empty) input files.

That message is generated when filepro closes the pipe to lp to direct 
print output instead to your file.  I believe if you first issue a 
"printer reset", then the "printer file" command, that will prevent the 
message.


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