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-rw-r--r--printutils/lpr.c30
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/printutils/lpr.c b/printutils/lpr.c
index 748879542..70cda7717 100644
--- a/printutils/lpr.c
+++ b/printutils/lpr.c
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ int lpqr_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char *argv[])
unsigned opts;
int fd;
+ queue = getenv("PRINTER");
+ if (!queue)
+ queue = "lp";
+
// parse options
// TODO: set opt_complementary: s,d,f are mutually exclusive
opts = getopt32(argv,
@@ -98,16 +102,7 @@ int lpqr_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char *argv[])
);
argv += optind;
- // if queue is not specified -> use $PRINTER
- if (!(opts & OPT_P))
- queue = getenv("PRINTER");
- // if queue is still not specified ->
- if (!queue) {
- // ... queue defaults to "lp"
- // server defaults to "localhost"
- queue = "lp";
- // if queue is specified ->
- } else {
+ {
// queue name is to the left of '@'
char *s = strchr(queue, '@');
if (s) {
@@ -186,6 +181,17 @@ int lpqr_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char *argv[])
dfd = xopen(*argv, O_RDONLY);
}
+ st.st_size = 0; /* paranoia: fstat may theoretically fail */
+ fstat(dfd, &st);
+
+ /* Apparently, some servers are buggy and won't accept 0-sized jobs.
+ * Standard lpr works around it by refusing to send such jobs:
+ */
+ if (st.st_size == 0) {
+ bb_error_msg("nothing to print");
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* "The name ... should start with ASCII "cfA",
* followed by a three digit job number, followed
* by the host name which has constructed the file."
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ int lpqr_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char *argv[])
, (opts & LPR_m) ? user : ""
, remote_filename
);
- // delete possible "\nX\n" patterns
+ // delete possible "\nX\n" (that is, one-char) patterns
c = controlfile;
while ((c = strchr(c, '\n')) != NULL) {
if (c[1] && c[2] == '\n') {
@@ -239,8 +245,6 @@ int lpqr_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char *argv[])
// send data file, with name "dfaXXX"
if (opts & LPR_V)
bb_error_msg("sending data file");
- st.st_size = 0; /* paranoia: fstat may theoretically fail */
- fstat(dfd, &st);
fdprintf(fd, "\x3" "%"OFF_FMT"u d%s\n", st.st_size, remote_filename);
get_response_or_say_and_die(fd, "sending data file");
if (bb_copyfd_size(dfd, fd, st.st_size) != st.st_size) {