Re: Appending CR to syslog output?

From: Dan Nelson (dnelson_at_allantgroup.com)
Date: 11/05/04

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    In the last episode (Nov 05), Kevin A. Pieckiel said:
    > How do I get syslog to append a CR to output when it's being sent to
    > a line printer on /dev/lpt0?

    Couple of options here:

    o Tell your printer that eols are LF instead of CRLF (if it can be
       configured to remember this on powerup)

    o Log to "|sed -e 's/$/^m' > /dev/lpt0" (where ^m is a raw CR)

    o If your printer knows an escape sequence to put it in LF mode, log
       to "| echo 'escsequence' ; cat > /dev/lpt0"

    o Set up a printcap with an input filter that adds the CR (or sends
       the magic escape sequence), and log to "|lp"

    o Edit syslogd.c to add the CRLF if the device printed to starts with
       "/dev/lpt" 

    -- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com
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