Re: [MacPerl] GUSI and lpr - good point to get started?

[aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead)]

skok@itw.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok) writes:

>1) where do I find the RFC describing the dialog between
>    an lpr-client and the lpd? (I obviously don't know the
>    right keywords for the search engines I have visited).

The protocol is listed in RFC1179 "Line Printer Daemon Protocol"

>2) Where do I find docs for that GUSI stuff in conjunction
>    with MacPERL? I haven't got the slightest idea how to
>    open a Socket with this library. Will I have to scan the
>    source code to find out? (I don't speak much C, unfortunately)

Check the perlipc man page. The client examples should work unchanged.

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Andrew Langmead