#Help
Sanford,
Many of the files are not runnable by themselves…they are data files
used by other programs such as picture files that need a paint or show program
to view them. Music files need a player program and so forth.
To re-direct the output of a text file to the printer there are several
commands that can be used:
copy <filename> to prt:
copy <filename> to par:
type < prt: <filename>
type < par: <filename>
Use par: if you don't want the text run thru a printer drive and use
prt: if you want it run thru a printer driver (for special effects such as
underlining, bold, etc.). Normaly the text files we have here are straight
ASCII text with nothing special in them so par: works just fine. The copy just
dumps the file straight to the printer (par: or prt:) and type does the
equivalent by re-directing the screen output to the printer.
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