Multiplexing print and data on remote dialups

Leslie Mikesell les at chinet.chi.il.us
Sat Dec 2 17:49:28 AEST 1989


In article <264 at csnz.co.nz> paul at csnz.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes:
[transparent print through terminal]
>The problem is, our client has now decided to purchase an
>HP9000/825, running HP/UX (version 7 I think).  So how do
>we get this functionality with HP/UX?

Basically, this operation just requires write()'s to be atomic, at least
within certain size limits. Chances are that it will work with most
output devices under most conditions, but I doubt that anyone will
guarantee it since there are conditions that allow one write() to
interrupt another.

Les Mikesell
  les at chinet.chi.il.us



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