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+{
+    $Id$
+    This file is part of the Free Pascal run time library.
+    Copyright (c) 1993,98 by Florian Klaempfl
+    member of the Free Pascal development team
+
+    Printer unit for BP7 compatible RTL
+
+    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
+    for details about the copyright.
+
+    This program 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.
+
+ **********************************************************************}
+unit printer;
+interface
+
+var
+  lst : text;
+
+implementation
+
+var
+  old_exit : pointer;
+
+procedure printer_exit;
+begin
+  close(lst);
+  exitproc:=old_exit;
+end;
+
+
+begin
+  assign(lst,'PRN');
+  rewrite(lst);
+  old_exit:=exitproc;
+  exitproc:=@printer_exit;
+end.
+{
+  $Log$
+  Revision 1.1  1999-05-18 13:19:03  hajny
+    + directly copied from GO32v2, should work w/o changes
+
+  Revision 1.1  1998/12/21 13:07:03  peter
+    * use -FE
+
+  Revision 1.2  1998/05/22 00:39:26  peter
+    * go32v1, go32v2 recompiles with the new objects
+    * remake3 works again with go32v2
+    - removed some "optimizes" from daniel which were wrong
+
+}