dtrace discuss - Nov 2007 - printing D files with lpr(1) on Leopard?

When I try to print D files on Leopard using lpr(1), I get:

  Unsupported format ''application/x-csource''

In case this had to do with the extension, I tried using

  % lpr < foo

Any comments or suggestions before I file a bug report?

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Rich Morin wrote:
> When I try to print D files on Leopard using lpr(1), I get:
> 
>   Unsupported format ''application/x-csource''
> 
> In case this had to do with the extension, I tried using
> 
>   % lpr < foo
> 
> Any comments or suggestions before I file a bug report?
Where do you plan to file the bug report?



James C. McPherson
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At 09:39 +1000 11/24/07, James C. McPherson wrote:
> Where do you plan to file the bug report?
http://bugreport.apple.com is Apple''s approved place to send in
generic bug reports.  You have to join ADC to be allowed to do
so (sigh), but the free "online" membership is enough...

-r

P.S.  Far too many companies make it needlessly difficult to
      send in bug reports, see what reports others have made,
      etc.  You''d think they didn''t want folks to tell them
      about their mistakes...
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On Nov 23, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Rich Morin wrote:
> When I try to print D files on Leopard using lpr(1), I get:
>
>  Unsupported format ''application/x-csource''
>
> In case this had to do with the extension, I tried using
>
>  % lpr < foo

Hmmm, can you try the following (which worked successfully for me on  
10.5):

il0102a-dhcp54:bin luser$ lpq
Canon_MP610_series is ready
no entries
il0102a-dhcp54:dtrace luser$ cd /usr/bin
il0102a-dhcp54:bin luser$ lpr newproc.d
il0102a-dhcp54:bin luser$ lpq
Canon_MP610_series is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  luser   1       newproc.d                       1024 bytes

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Steve Peters
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At 09:07 -0800 11/24/07, Steve Peters wrote:
> Hmmm, can you try the following (which worked successfully
> for me on 10.5):
That worked just fine.  My suspicion is that lpr is somehow
invoking file(1) to tell it about the data it is being handed.
If file(1) sees an initial C-style comment, it categorizes the
text as C source code.  lpr(1) then decides that that is an
"unsupported format".

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