need a little help making a script.

[e-dog]

Whats up guys? I am trying to make a script do something that might seem strange to you but I think it will be cool when I am all done. I have almost no script making skills but what I am trying to do isn't hard. I place the script into /usr/bin and call it lpr, the script code follows:

cp $1 /print/

simple enough right? all i want it to do is when i want to print someting (anything) it copys the file into the directory /print/ instead of actually printing anything. For some reason it's not working. I can do it but only if im in the /usr/bin directory. I can "lpr (name of file)" and it works fine of course when i am in /usr/bin, but if im at ~/ or something it says "Cant open lpr." Also when I use gui programs like abiword or mozilla i dont know what happens but the file doesnt end up in /print/ when i push the print button.

Any help would be good. thanks.

[Pizzasgood]

Sounds to me like you need to use "/usr/bin/lpr (name of file)" instead of "lpr (name of file)"

Sometimes it just works like that

[GuestToo]

to see what is happening, try putting this in the /usr/bin/lpr script:

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#!/bin/sh
echo "cp $1 /print/" >> /tmp/lpr.txt
xmessage -center "cp $1 /print/"