Listing 1: Interface file for the remote printer specified as /dev/null

# Put in a form feed at the end of the file to be printed.
#   (The sixth parameter is the name of the print file. The name
#    includes the directory that the print file exists in.)
echo "\014\c" >>$6

# Strip off the directory name and store the filename in a
# second variable. This second variable will be used to
# name the file on the receiving remote machine.
file=`echo $6 | tr -d /usr/spool/lp/temp`

# Copy the file to be printed over to the c:\spool directory
# on sale1's system using rcp.
#   (The fourth parameter is the requested number of copies)
copies=$4
i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
rcp $6 sales1:/spool/$i$file
i=`expr $i + 1`
done