Problems with a2ps

[Michael Hopprich]

Dear Gnu.Org,

I am having a few problems with a2ps and am hoping you will be able to help
me. The project I am working on collects data from various devices
overnight. After processing the data I need to generate a number of status
reports.

The first issue relates to formatting. I wish to print the reports in 132
column landscape mode. However when I try and do this I get two reduced A4
(portrait) pages per sheet! Not quite what I was after. I am unable to find
an option to generate one page per sheet.

The other problem is that the command:-

a2ps -r --chars-per-line=132  Record_Rpt

works correctly (ignoring the formatting problem) in the directory
containing the report. However if I run this from a shell script specifying
a full pathname, /usr/michael/POLL/log/Record_Rpt, it responds with:-

[/usr/Michael/POLL/log/Record_Rpt (binary): ignored]
[No output produced]

Thankyou in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Hopprich
Software Services Manager
Integrated Digital Systems Ltd
44-45 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1JB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7815 5051        Fax: +44 (0)20 7815 5050
email: address@hidden
http://www.idstelecom.co.uk

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