faxgetty is the (Fx server program that listens for incoming phone calls
and either handles each call
directly or hands it off to an appropriate program.
In addition
faxgetty monitors modem usage and notifies the (Fx scheduler process
when a modem's status changes; e.g. when a modem is busy
with an outbound call.
One
faxgetty should be run for each facsimile modem on a machine.
faxgetty is typically started by
init(8) . faxgetty can also be used with data-only modems; this may be desirable if
some of the non-facsimile features are important, such as the
support for screening calls according to Caller-ID information.
faxgetty listens to its facsimile modem for incoming calls
and to a
FIFO special file on which it accepts command directives from
administrative commands such as
faxanswer(8) and
faxabort(8) . faxgetty also catches
SIGTERM and
SIGINT signals; cleaning up any necessary resources before exiting.
Many aspects of
faxgetty operation are controlled through a configuration file.
In particular, for
faxgetty to automatically invoke the
getty(8) program to handle incoming data connections the
GettyArgs parameter must be setup in the configuration file.
The configuration file is located in the spooler hierarchy
in the
etc subdirectory and is named
config. devid , where
devid is an identifier derived from the name of
the modem's device file; for example
ttym2 for
/dev/ttym2 , term_10 for
/dev/term/10 . Consult
hylafax-config (5) for detailed information on the contents of configuration files.
OPTIONS
-D
This option forces
faxgetty to detach itself from the controlling tty from which it was invoked.
In normal operation
faxgetty will
not dissassociate itself from the controlling tty.
-p
Do not change the process priority when receiving facsimile.
Normally
faxgetty will raise its priority to reduce i/o latency.
This option is useful for debugging.
-q dir
The specified directory is treated as the spooling area.
The default spooling area,
/var/spool/hylafax , is defined at the time the software is built.
FILES
/var/spool/hylafax/FIFO.device FIFO special file for submitting commands
/var/spool/hylafax/etc/config.device device-specific configuration file
Consult
hylafax-server (5) for a complete discussion of the structure and
content of the spooling area.
