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APS2FILE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					       APS2FILE(1)

NAME

     aps2file -- printing to a file via apsfilter

SYNOPSIS

     aps2file [-D] [-Pqueue] [-Zoptions] [-ooutput] [input]
     aps2file [-h]

DESCRIPTION

     With aps2file you can direct the printer data generated by apsfilter(1) into an arbitrary file without the use of a spooler.

OPTIONS

     -h 	 show help screen
     -D 	 enable debug mode
     -Pqueue	 select a printer queue (different from the default one)
     -Zoptions	 use apsfilter command line options (comma-separated list)
     -ooutput	 direct data stream to output (default: stdout)
     input	 read data from input (default: stdin)

     Unlike printing with lpr(1), you can only use one input file at a time.

     Using aps2file is also the recommended way to create a debugging log of a failed printing attempt. If you include the -D flag, the apsfilter
     shell script will log every command and print it to stderr.  To save the output for inclusion into a bug report, you should therefore use a
     command of the sort
	   aps2file -D -o /dev/null [-P...] [-Z...] [input] 2> log.txt

NOTES

     aps2file only works correctly with entries in /etc/printcap that have been created by /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP.

FILES

     /etc/printcap			 printer capability data base
     /usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter  apsfilter script

SEE ALSO

     apsfilter(1), apsfilter-bug(1), apspreview(1), apsfilterrc(5), printcap(5)

BUGS

     See apsfilter software center - http://www.apsfilter.org/ - for new versions, bugfixes and known bugs.

     Please use the new tool apsfilter-bug(1) to release bug- or problem reports. It automatically presents you a form in an editor window which
     asks you some standard questions.	If you save and quit the editor session, then this report is sent automatically via e-mail to the proper
     apsfilter mailinglist.

     If apsfilter fails to print something or prints it in a way you wouldn't expect and you want to report an apsfilter error then please save
     the debugging output of one print session using the new aps2file(1) utility by typing aps2file -D -Z options file > /dev/null 2> file.debug
     and including the debugging output in the file file.debug into the edit session of the apsfilter-bug utility, so that it is included into the
     mail to the apsfilter mailinglist.

     Please note that you need to run /bin/sh (Bourne Shell), bash or a compatible shell, so that the above mentioned output redirection works.
     Under C-shell (/bin/csh) or tcsh it would't work. If you don't know, then simply make sure you use the Bournce shell by typing /bin/sh or
     bash, then you should have no problems with redirection of stdout and stderr (> /dev/null 2> file.debug).

DOCUMENTATION

     See official apsfilter homepage
     http://www.apsfilter.org/handbook.html   Apsfilter Handbook including the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

USER FORUM

     Please send questions to the official apsfilter help channel apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org.  The above section BUGS and the file
     HOWTO-BUGREPORTS tells you how to report bugs.  If you want to know how to troubleshoot your apsfilter installation, please read the manpage
     aps2file(1) and apsfilter-bug(1) as well as the Apsfilter Handbook carefully.

HISTORY

     The aps2file manpage has been written by Michael LoBin <phallobst@web.de> and first appeared in apsfilter V 7.1.0.

BSD
								   Dec 19, 2001 							       BSD

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MYSQLBUG(1)						       MySQL Database System						       MYSQLBUG(1)

NAME

       mysqlbug - generate bug report

SYNOPSIS

       mysqlbug

DESCRIPTION

       This program enables you to generate a bug report and send it to Oracle Corporation. It is a shell script and runs on Unix.

       The normal way to report bugs is to visit http://bugs.mysql.com/, which is the address for our bugs database. This database is public and
       can be browsed and searched by anyone. If you log in to the system, you can enter new reports. If you have no Web access, you can generate
       a bug report by using the mysqlbug script.

       mysqlbug helps you generate a report by determining much of the following information automatically, but if something important is missing,
       please include it with your message.  mysqlbug can be found in the scripts directory (source distribution) and in the bin directory under
       your MySQL installation directory (binary distribution).

       Invoke mysqlbug without arguments:

	   shell> mysqlbug

       The script will place you in an editor with a copy of the report to be sent. Edit the lines near the beginning that indicate the nature of
       the problem. Then write the file to save your changes, quit the editor, and mysqlbug will send the report by email.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

       This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

SEE ALSO

       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is also available online
       at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR

       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.1							    04/06/2010							       MYSQLBUG(1)
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