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#Help

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#92814From: Nov 10, 1987 8:46 AM
After I un-arc a download I'm unable to run the program from Cli. I've attempted to run each file and all I get is 'unable to load not a object module'.Also how do direct the output from the docs to my printer from Cli? Thanks for any help you can provide. Sanford
#92855From: Don Curtis/SYSOPNov 10, 1987 3:48 PM
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. Don
#93203From: Douglas MartinNov 12, 1987 8:17 PM
Don't you have your redirection the wrong way in your "type" commands? i.e. type > prt: …
#93213From: Don Curtis/SYSOPNov 12, 1987 9:11 PM
Douglas, Whoops…you're absolutely right…I'll go leave an ammendment to my original message….that's what I get for being here when I'm tired! Thanks! Don
#93212From: Don Curtis/SYSOPNov 12, 1987 9:10 PM
Stanford, As one of the members pointed out to me…I made a mistake in the examples I gave you: type > par: <filename> type > prt: <filename> is correct…I had typed in the wrong redirection symbol (I used an '<' instead of '>' ). Don