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Created December 24, 2010 15:36
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Shell script for printer cron
#!/bin/bash
# Romain Bochet
# Use as a cron
# Print all the files included in a folder with lp, and move them into another folder.
# Use absolute path (mandatory for crons)
SOURCE="/home/dropbox/print/"
DONE="/home/romain/printed/"
for FILE in `ls $SOURCE`
do
/usr/bin/lp $FILE
/bin/mv "$SOURCE$FILE" $DONE
done
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