PCMD
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USupported on UNIX
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The PCMD environment variable specifies a print command and causes all LPQUE options to be ignored.
Value
A command that LPQUE uses in place of the standard System V print command (for example, “lp”).
Discussion
If you don’t have a printer connected but you want to test your programs, you can set PCMD equal to “cat,” and LPQUE will send your output to your terminal. (We recommend, however, that you use system option #22 and dblpq.)
System option #22 overrides PCMD.
Setting location
The environment.
Used by
Runtime
Examples
PCMD="lpr -q hp-laserjet" ;export PCMD
Using this example, the statement
lpque(prog.dbl)
produces the following command:
lpr -q hp-laserjet prog.dbl