System: AIX/d3 7.4.2

md item: anyname
a1 q
a2
a3
a4 dos:t:anyname

Action: :copy peqs '1' ---->d3 hold file
to: (anyname anyfile.txt ---->will be accessed by Windows XP
workstation through FTP

Is there a way to suppress the DOS end-of-file mark [control-z I believe]
that this action seems to produce? I know that I can edit the resulting
file and remove the DOS end-of-file mark but there must be a more elegant
way. For example, is there a hosts entry for newer (XP) windows systems?

Rob

can you "dump" the spooler frame(s) and see if the code is already there?
Check what term type you are using when you create the spooler item. The
devices file for that term type may have an @(-126) defined. If that isn't
it, see if there is a device assigned to that spooler queue via the ASSIGNFQ
command. These will dictate what additional codes, if any, are added to the
file at end (@(-126))

Mark Brown

"Robert S. Lobel" <RobertLobel (AT) COX (DOT) net> wrote

Robert:

Not knowing what you're looking for I'll make the following notes:

1) a super 'Q' pointer on a .nix system should look like:

md item: anyname
001 Q
002
003 unix:/yourshare/yoursubdirectory

This should convert you file into a unix style file, instead of a Windows
file.

Hope this helps.

Bill

"Robert S. Lobel" <RobertLobel (AT) COX (DOT) net> wrote

"Bill H" wrote
Your use of dos:t: instead of just dos: is a bit rare, too. Try just dos:/tmp or
nt:/tmp
Finally, note that after win98, windows has an optional windows component you can
load from start/settings/control_panel/add_remove_programs/windows_components
that lets you send printer jobs from aix to windows shared printers using lpr/lpq
print protocol instead of windows smb protocol, so you could set up an aix queue to
go to your winbox {and hence a d3 shared printer to the winbox printer} instead of
doing ftp transfers and then manual prints from the windows chair.

Mark:

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It seems that the d3 print
hold file process produces a null attribute at the end of the item (the does
not happen in a regular pick file). The DOS conversion program appends its
usual CR/LF to this null attribute. Unless someone has a better idea, I
will simply remove the final CR/LF once I drag the item onto my Windows XP
desktop.

Rob
"Mark Brown" <mbrown (AT) drexelmgt (DOT) com> wrote

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:45:24 +0000, Frank Winans wrote:
Where do I find out more about this? Art

"Art" wrote
AIX's printer subsystem on your D3/AIX server. Grab the mouse
on that winbox and make sure you can print a test page to the the physical
printer in question. Tell windows to share the printer. Make sure you've
added that optional print service in add_remove programs/windows
components of control panel. Example: winbox is 192.168.0.14 and
the windows share name is bert. Now go to AIX smit and tell it to create
a new printer queue called shredder that leads to a {lying to AIX here}
a unix server 192.168.0.14 and printer queue bert on that unix server.
Declare along the way that it is a crufty old bsd type server {I guess; works
for me} Now stop and then start the AIX printer subsystem {optional step?}
and do a test print from AIX ; cal | lpr -P shredder
Once that works, create a d3 shared formqueue 99
assignfq 99,lp.unix(lpr -P shredder)
test print to it by sp-assign f99
LU (P

And of course if you REALLY want to, you can run Unix Servics for
Windows (Servers), which is a pretty full featurs port of core unix
functionality, and I believe it is "free" these days

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:52:08 +0000, Frank Winans wrote:


Thanks! I'll check it out tomorrow!
Art

"Bill H" wrote
Erm, at least in D3; dunno about other pick-like flavors...