On 06/12/2020 20:09, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
On 2020-12-06 at 19:07:54 Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/12/2020 18:58, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>> I am trying to print to pdf using CUPS-PDF. The output is supposed to go to
>> member files in/var/spool/<username> but the created members are all
empty.
>>
>> I am apparently missing some configuration settings but can't find what it
may be.
>> Appreciate any pointers to how I can fix it.
> I would check /var/log/cups/cups-pdf-Cups-PDF_log and /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf.
>
> I've never touched /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf and it contains
>
> #Out /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}
> Out ${DESKTOP}
>
> So, the output ends up in ~/Desktop on my system.
OK, I see. In my case it contains
Out /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}
#Out ${DESKTOP}
And privileges for cups-pdf is root:root so no surprise nothing was written. Will change
Out to point to a directory in my home folder.
Thanks for your answer. (I must have asked good question :-)
Good it worked out. Yes, the question was outstanding. :-) :-)
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