atchoprn(1)                                       atchoprn(1)



     NAME
          at_cho_prn - choose a user's default printer on the network

     SYNOPSIS
          atchoprn [-f network]

     DESCRIPTION
          atchoprn interrogates the network to find out what
          printers have been registered.  Since it is possible to have
          multiple AppleTalk networks attached to a system, this
          utility needs to know the path in the file system to the
          desired network.  Using
               -f network
          will select the network network.  For example:
               -f /dev/appletalk2
          will choose the second AppleTalk network that is attached to
          the system.  If -f - is used, then standard input will be
          used.

          If the -f flag option is not used, there is a sequence of
          other locations which are looked at for the network path.
          First, if there is an environmental variable ATNETWORK, its
          value will be used as the path to the desired network.

          If no ATNETWORK variable exists, then the environmental
          variable ATDIR is used as a path to a directory that should
          contain a file called .appletalkrc.  The first line in that
          file is the path to the desired network.

          If no ATDIR variable is found, the user's home directory is
          searched for the .appletalkrc file.

          If all of the above attempts fail, then the default path is
          used, /dev/appletalk.

          atchoprn then displays the printers on that network, along
          with a prompt for you to enter the item number corresponding
          to your choice.  The entry will then be stored in the
          environmental variable, ATPRN, for use by other utilities.


     EXAMPLE
          atchoprn

          might print out the following on /dev/appletalk:










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     atchoprn(1)                                       atchoprn(1)



          ITEM OBJECT  TYPE        ZONE NET  ND SK
          1:   Writer2 LaserWriter  *   5678 d3 ea
          2:   john's  LaserWriter  *   5678 e4 ea
          enter choice?

     where OBJECT is the name of the registered printer; TYPE is its
     type; ZONE is its zone name (where * designates the current
     zone); NET is its net number; ND is its node number; and SK is
     its socket number.  The latter three numbers are in hexadecimal
     format.

     SEE ALSO
          at_lp(1),
          AppleTalk programmer's guide in Oreo Network Applications
          Programming.








































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