Mel Rees ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

: I know the ENV files have changed in 5.5 for the new LAN based
: printers.  However, we have run into an interesting problem that you
: all may be interested in.

: If you use a backreference to your ENV file, it will not work on 5.5
: but works fine on 5.0.  Here's an example:

:       file myenv=tt22.pub.sys
:       file p;dev=lp;env=*myenv
:       listf @,2;*p

:       ...   this fails to place an ENV file in the spoolfle.
: However, it works OK on 5.0.

I entered SR 4701-339614 against this problem when Mel first described
it in this forum around the beginning of November.  We have a patch in
the works, soon to be in beta test I believe.  Here (from the SR) is
a possible workaround:

         :setvar myenv "tt22.pub.sys"
         :file p;dev=lp;env=!myenv

Hope this helps.

-Larry "MPE/iX Spoolers 'R' Us" Byler-