faxanswer - tell a (Fx server to answer the telephone
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/faxanswer [
-q queue-dir ] [
-h how ]
modem
DESCRIPTION
faxanswer sends a message to the (Fx
faxgetty(8) process servicing
modem telling it to answer the telephone.
This is useful, for example, when a modem is used on a
shared phone line and the server is
configured to not normally answer the phone.
The specified
modem can either be the name (typically the
last component of the terminal port the
modem is attached to), or the full name
of the associated
FIFO named pipe file, e.g. ``FIFO.ttym2''.
OPTIONS
-q dir
Use a spooling area other than
/var/spool/hylafax .
-h
Specify exactly
how the phone should
be answered.
By default, the server process is instructed
to answer the phone and
accept any kind of call (voice, data, fax).
Discrimination of the type of call is dependent on a modem's
"adaptive-answer" support.
The
-h option can be used to force the server to answer the
phone for particular type of call: one of
fax , data , voice , any , extern (to force
faxgetty to invoke an external application to
to handle the call),
or
dialX (where X is a dialstring to dial before initiating a fax reception).
If using
dialX , the specified dialstring will likely need to end with a semicolon (``;'').
FILES
/var/spool/hylafax default spooling area
/var/spool/hylafax/FIFO fifo for contacting faxq
Consult hylafax-server (5) for a complete discussion of the structure and
content of the spooling area.
