1SENDFAX(1) General Commands Manual SENDFAX(1)
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6 sendfax - submit a facsimile job for transmission
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9 sendfax [ options ] [ files... ]
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12 sendfax submits one or more facsimile transmission requests to a
13 HylaFAX facsimile server. sendfax may prompt the user for a password
14 and admin password depending on the invocation and server configura‐
15 tion. Requests are normally processed immediately, although they may
16 also be queued for transmission at a later time using a syntax identi‐
17 cal to the at(1) command. For each job that is queued, sendfax prints
18 a job identifier and a job group identifier on the standard output. A
19 job identifier is the token by which jobs are identified within
20 HylaFAX; job group identifiers are used to reference a set of jobs that
21 have been submitted at the same time. Job and job group identifiers
22 can be supplied to the faxrm(1) command to remove the jobs or to the
23 faxalter(1) command to alter job parameters.
24 Facsimile are made from the concatenation of a cover page (see below)
26 and one or more files specified on the command line. If no files are
27 supplied on the command line, sendfax will read data from the standard
28 input unless polling is requested. Cover pages are distinguished for
29 the purpose of generating ``continuation cover pages'' on the server;
30 these are makeup cover pages that are automatically generated if a job
31 fails after sending the original user-specified cover page.
32 sendfax passes POSTSCRIPT® and TIFF documents directly through to the
34 fax server for transmission, and attempts to convert other file formats
35 to either POSTSCRIPT or TIFF. In normal operation sendfax automati‐
36 cally converts ASCII-text, troff(1) output, Portable Document Format
37 (PDF), and Silicon Graphics format images for transmission. Support
38 for other file formats can be easily added through an extensible file
39 typing and conversion facility; see typerules(5F). Note that since
40 TIFF Class F documents are processed directly it is simple to forward a
41 received facsimile.
42 By default sendfax will generate a cover page for each facsimile that
44 is to be transmitted. This cover page is created by the ancillary fax‐
45 cover(1) program using information deduced by sendfax and by informa‐
46 tion supplied on the command line. Automatic cover page generation may
47 be suppressed with the -n option.
48 In addition to sending documents, sendfax can be used to poll a remote
50 facsimile machine to retrieve waiting documents. If the -p option is
51 specified, a polling request will be submitted to each destination. If
52 a poll request is made in conjunction with the transmission of docu‐
53 ments, the poll request will take place after the documents are trans‐
54 mitted. Documents retrieved by polling are returned to the requestor
55 by electronic mail and may be viewed with a suitable viewer program.
56 One or more destinations must be specified on the command line using
58 the -d option. A destination is the dialing string to use to contact
59 the remote fax machine. Phone numbers may include non-alphanumeric
60 characters for readability—only alphanumerics, ``+'' (for denoting a
61 country code), and ``#'' (for denoting a subaddress) are significant in
62 placing a call. Alphabetic characters are automatically mapped to
63 their numeric key equivalents: ``abcABC'' to ``2'', ``defDEF'' to
64 ``3'', etc. Dialing prefixes, such as ``1'' and ``011'' (for long dis‐
65 tance calling in the United States) need not be included if an unam‐
66 biguous number is specified. Examples of unambiguous phone numbers
67 are:
68 +31.77.594.131 to call the Netherlands
69 +14159657824 to call California
70 9657824 to make a local call
71 1-215-356-1666 to call Pennsylvania from within the US
72 Non-numeric strings, such as ``*70'' (to defeat call waiting), may be
73 included in the destination phone number. Whether or not they are
74 stripped from the string used to dial the destination fax machine is
75 dependent on the dialstring rules configured for use on the server;
76 c.f. hylafax-config(5F) and dialrules(5F).
77 A destination may also be specified as user@fax-number. In this case
79 the user string will be passed to faxcover as the identity of the
80 recipient. Note that multi-word names must be enclosed in quote marks;
81 for example, ``Sam Leffler@+1.415.555.1212''.
82 The order of options on the command line is significant. Each fax to
84 be transmitted is assigned the current value of parameters specified on
85 the command line; e.g. whether or not to generate a cover page. This
86 means that options that specify parameters for a particular destination
87 must precede the dialstring specified with the -d option. For example,
88 sendfax -n -d 5551212 /etc/passwd
90 submits a fax to 5551212 that has no cover page while
92 sendfax -d 5551212 -n /etc/passwd
94 submits the same fax but with the default cover page handling. Note
96 also that parameter values persist across -d options so the following
97 sendfax -n -d 5551212 -d 5551313 /etc/network
99 submits two facsimile, both of which have no cover page.
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103 -1 Transmit facsimile documents using 1-D MH compression. By
104 default HylaFAX will use the optimal compression scheme
105 supported by the transmitting modem and receiving facsimile
106 device.
107 -2 Transmit facsimile documents using 2-D MR compression, if
109 possible. By default HylaFAX will use the optimal compres‐
110 sion scheme supported by the transmitting modem and receiv‐
111 ing facsimile device.
112 -3 Transmit facsimile documents using 2-D MMR compression, if
114 possible. By default HylaFAX will use the optimal compres‐
115 sion scheme supported by the transmitting modem and receiv‐
116 ing facsimile device.
117 -a time Schedule transmission up to one year in advance at the
119 indicated time. Time is specified in the format: ``HH:MM
120 [AM|PM] | now [+ N period | month DD | dayofweek ] [ @
121 timeofday ]´´ where month can be Jan(uary), Feb(ruary),
122 Mar(ch), Apr(il), May, Jun(e), Jul(y), Aug(ust), Sep(tem‐
123 ber), Oct(ober), Nov(ember), or Dec(ember); period can be
124 minute(s), hour(s), day(s), week(s), or month(s); dayofweek
125 can be Mon(day), Tue(sday), Wed(nesday), Thu(rsday),
126 Fri(day), Sat(urday), Sun(day); e.g. ``now + 30 minutes´´
127 to schedule transmission 30 minutes in the future. Trail‐
128 ing information in the time field (such as YYYY) is
129 ignored. By default, sendfax schedules facsimile for imme‐
130 diate delivery. Time should be given in the user's local
131 time. Conversely, the timeofday field restricts the job
132 from sending at various times relative to the server. The
133 syntax for timeofday is identical to the TimeOfDay syntax
134 found in hylafax-config(5F).
135 -A Archive the job on the server according to the bin/archive
137 script when the job is done.
138 -b speed Transmit facsimile documents using a signalling rate that
140 is constrained to be at least speed bits/second. If the
141 specified speed is greater than the transmitting modem or
142 receiver is capable of, it is reduced to the highest possi‐
143 ble speed both devices support. If a negotiated signalling
144 rate greater than or equal to speed cannot be negotiated
145 then the job is aborted. Possible speeds are: 2400, 4800,
146 7200, 9600, 12000, 14400, 16800, 19200, 21600, 24000,
147 26400, 28800, 31200, and 33600. By default HylaFAX will
148 use the fastest possible rate supported by the transmitting
149 modem and receiving facsimile device.
150 -B speed Try to transmit facsimile documents using the desired sig‐
152 nalling rate. Possible speeds are: 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600,
153 12000, 14400, 16800, 19200, 21600, 24000, 26400, 28800,
154 31200, and 33600. If the specified speed is greater than
155 the transmitting modem or receiver is capable of, it is
156 reduced to the highest possible speed both devices support.
157 By default HylaFAX will use the fastest possible rate sup‐
158 ported by the transmitting modem and receiving facsimile
159 device (unless restricted by other server configuration);
160 this option can be used to reduce the speed. Note that
161 international calls are frequently more reliable when
162 transmissions are restricted to 9600 bits/second. For
163 Class 1/1.0 devices, if the specified speed is not greater
164 than 14400 then V.34 will not be attempted, and if the
165 specified speed is 9600 or 7200 then V.29 will be assumed
166 in lieu of V.17.
167 -c comments Pass comments to the faxcover(1) program for inclusion in
169 the comments field of any generated cover page.
170 -C file Pass file to the faxcover(1) program for use as the cover
172 page template.
173 -D Enable notification by electronic mail when the facsimile
175 has been delivered. By default HylaFAX will notify the
176 submitter only if there is a problem with a job.
177 -d destination
179 Create a job to transmit the supplied documents to a fac‐
180 simile machine at the indicated destination. If the desti‐
181 nation is of the form ``user@phone-number#subaddress'' then
182 any cover page will show user as the intended recipient,
183 and the remote system will be supplied the subaddress value
184 (i.e. for routing) provided that the sending modem and the
185 receiving system support it.
186 -E Disable use of the Error Correction Mode (ECM) when trans‐
188 mitting page data. Setting ECM to false will limit the max‐
189 imum speed to 14400 bps. By default HylaFAX will attempt
190 to use ECM when both the transmitting modem and receiving
191 device support it. Note that international calls are some‐
192 times faster when ECM is disabled. Beware also that some
193 modems and/or facsimile devices do not properly implement
194 ECM causing transmission failures.
195 -e name Use name as the name value in the outbound call identifica‐
197 tion.
198 -f from Use from as the identity of the facsimile sender. Other‐
200 wise the sender is the user that invoked sendfax. The
201 sender is an account name to which the HylaFAX software
202 should direct notification messages. The from identity may
203 be a full-blown ``From:'' line, e.g. e.g. ``Joe Blow
204 <joe@foo.com>'' and ``joe@foo.com (Joe Blow)'' are accept‐
205 able. If no host-part is specified in the from string the
206 local hostname is used. This option is useful when sendfax
207 is invoked on behalf of another user, such as in the imple‐
208 mentation of an electronic mail to fax gateway.
209 -F format Use the specified format when imaging tag lines on outgoing
211 pages. Consult the description of the TagLineFormat param‐
212 eter in hylafax-config(5F) for an explanation of how to
213 construct a format string.
214 Note that many locales require that proper identification
216 appear on all transmitted facsimile; when using this facil‐
217 ity one should always include proper identification (e.g. a
218 phone number) in the imaged taglines.
219 -G Enable usage of any extended resolutions supported by the
221 receiver. -G supersedes the usage of any -l or -m options.
222 Beware that increased resolution will increase transmission
223 time.
224 -h [modem@]host[:port]
226 Force the jobs to be processed on a specific host and,
227 optionally, using a particular modem. The host may be
228 either a symbolic name or a network address. IPv6
229 addresses are given in ``[xx:xx::x]:port'' format. If no
230 -h option is supplied, sendfax uses the FAXSERVER environ‐
231 ment variable to identify the HylaFAX server to which the
232 jobs should be directed. If no server is specified then
233 sendfax attempts to contact a server on the local host. If
234 no modem is specified, the job will be submitted to any
235 available modem.
236 -i identifier
238 Use the identifier string in any notification messages
239 instead of the usual job identifier number. This option is
240 useful for applications that cross reference notification
241 messages against job submissions.
242 -I time If a job must be requeued because of a communication fail‐
244 ure schedule the retry according to the specified time.
245 Times are given in seconds. Minutes, hours, and days can
246 be specified with ``min'', ``hour'', and ``day'' suffixes,
247 respectively. By default HylaFAX reschedules jobs using
248 retry times that depend on the manner in which the job
249 failed; this interface permits a user to override this
250 algorithm and specify a single fixed retry time for all
251 communication failures.
252 -k time Kill the job if it does not complete in the indicated time.
254 The time is specified using notation identical to the -a
255 option. Note that the time is relative to the time of the
256 initial time-to-send. The default kill time is ``now + 3
257 hours'' (three hours from the time the job is first pro‐
258 cessed). To retry for an hour, ``now +1 hour'' could be
259 used.
260 -l Transmit the facsimile at a vertical resolution of 98
262 lines/inch; otherwise known as low resolution.
263 -m Transmit the facsimile at a vertical resolution of 196
265 lines/inch; otherwise known as medium resolution or fine
266 mode.
267 -M mst Transmit facsimile documents using the specified minimum
269 scanline time. Possible times are: 0ms, 5ms, 10ms2, 10ms,
270 20ms2, 20ms, 40ms2, and 40ms. If the specified time is
271 less than the transmitting modem or receiver is capable of,
272 it is increased to the lowest possible time both devices
273 support. By default HylaFAX will use the lowest possible
274 time supported by the transmitting modem and receiving fac‐
275 simile device (unless restricted by other server configura‐
276 tion). This option is mostly useful for debugging.
277 -n Suppress the automatic generation of a cover page for sub‐
279 sequent facsimile. Note that polling requests do not
280 receive a cover page unless they are combined with the
281 transmission of one or more files.
282 -N Do not notify the sender by electronic mail when the fac‐
284 simile has been delivered or requeued.
285 -o login Specify the fax owner login name, replacing any FAXUSER
287 environment variable that may be set for the same purpose.
288 If neither is specified, the user's current login name is
289 used. The login password may also be provided by separat‐
290 ing it from the owner login name with a colon, like
291 ``owner:pass''.
292 -O option:value
294 Submit option with the indicated value as a job parameter
295 in the client-server protocol for the job. Multiple
296 instances of this command-line option may be used. The
297 following options are currently supported:
298 Option Value Type Description
300 ignoremodembusy boolean whether or not to ignore modem busy status (requires server configuration to allow)
301 nocountcover integer don't include this number of initial pages in the page counting
302 serverdocover boolean whether or not the server should generate the cover-page, if configured
303 skippages integer assume this number of pages in the first document have already been sent
304 skippedpages integer assume this number of pages in unsubmitted documents were previously sent
305 usecolor string whether or not to use color ("yes"/"no") and only color ("only")
306 config string override configuration with this setting
307 timezone string time zone locale setting to use in tagline formatting
308 probeonly integer "1" terminates once a fax call is established, "2" when handshaking received
309 -p Poll each destination for any available documents. If a
311 poll request is made together with document transmission,
312 the poll operation is done after the documents are trans‐
313 mitted. Documents received by polling are returned to the
314 sender by electronic mail.
315 -P priority Assign the specified scheduling priority to subsequent
317 jobs. A priority is an integer value in the range [0-255].
318 Lower values result in higher priority processing. By
319 default, each job is assigned 127 for an initial scheduling
320 priority. If a job's priority is greater than bulk faxes
321 then the job's priority is raised (numerically lowered) for
322 each failed attempt to transmit so that retransmit attempts
323 are done ahead of newly submitted jobs. In the case of
324 bulk faxes (numerically higher than 190), then the job's
325 priority is lowered (numerically raised) for each failed
326 attempt to transmit so that the whole of the bulk-queued
327 jobs will be attempted before any are retried. The prior‐
328 ity may also be specified as one of the following symbolic
329 names: default or normal (127), bulk or junk (191), low
330 (190), or high (63).
331 -R Enable notification by electronic mail when the facsimile
333 has been delivered and when it is requeued for retransmis‐
334 sion. By default HylaFAX will notify the submitter only if
335 there is a problem with a job.
336 -r regarding
338 Pass regarding to the faxcover(1) program as the value of
339 the ``Re:'' field of any generated cover page.
340 -s size Set the page size to use for the transmitted facsimile.
342 Facsimile are normally imaged with a system-default page
343 size (usually letter-size pages, 8.5" by 11", for sites in
344 North America). Alternate page sizes are specified symbol‐
345 ically using either the name or abbreviation of an entry in
346 the pagesizes(5F) database; e.g. a3 (ISO A3), a4 (ISO A4),
347 a5 (ISO A5), a6 (ISO A6), b4 (ISO B4), na-let (North Ameri‐
348 can Letter), us-leg (American Legal), us-led (American
349 Ledger), us-exe (American Executive), jp-let (Japanese Let‐
350 ter), and jp-leg (Japanese Legal). Comparisons are case-
351 insensitive and any match of a substring of the full page-
352 size name is sufficient; e.g. ``legal'' would match ``Amer‐
353 ican Legal''.
354 Note that it may not be permissible to image into the full
356 page area; the guaranteed reproducible area for a page is
357 typically inset. Also, note that while arbitrary page
358 sizes can be specified through the page size database, only
359 a limited set of page dimensions are supported by the Group
360 3 facsimile protocol. Thus if an odd-size facsimile is
361 submitted for transmission it may not be possible to deter‐
362 mine if it can be sent until the fax server establishes
363 communication with the remote facsimile machine.
364 -S tsi Pass tsi to the server as the suggested sender identifica‐
366 tion to be used, for example, in tagline imaging and fax
367 protocol.
368 -t tries Make no more than tries attempts to send the facsimile. (A
370 try is a call in which carrier is established and the fac‐
371 simile protocol is commenced; this is contrasted with a
372 call attempt that might have failed because the line was
373 busy.) Without specifying a "tries" value to the server
374 HylaFAX will, with some exceptions, make an unlimited num‐
375 ber of attempts to completely send the facsimile before the
376 kill time expires. (The exceptions are that HylaFAX will
377 terminate a job if 3 consecutive attempts to send a partic‐
378 ular page fail, or if it appears the receiver is not a fac‐
379 simile machine.) Use ``-1'' to indicate that no tries
380 value should be specified to the server.
381 -T maxdials Make no more than maxdials calls in attempting to send the
383 facsimile. By default, HylaFAX will redial 12 times before
384 killing a job. Use ``-1'' to indicate that no maxdials
385 value should be specified to the server.
386 -U voice-no Pass voice-no to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
388 voice number.
389 -u number Use number as the number value in the outbound call identi‐
391 fication and in tagline generation.
392 -V voice-no Pass voice-no to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
394 person's voice number.
395 -w Wait for the job to complete before ending the sendfax ses‐
397 sion. If this option is used, the sendfax process will not
398 terminate until the job is completed.
399 -W fax-no Pass fax-no to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's fax
401 number.
402 -x company Pass company to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
404 company name.
405 -X company Pass company to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
407 company name.
408 -y location Pass location to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
410 company's location.
411 -Y location Pass location to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
413 company location.
414 -z filename Read destinations from filename which contains a list of
416 the destinations formatted identically as destinations for
417 the -d option, one per line. Usage of this option is simi‐
418 lar to the -d option and may be done in conjunction with
419 other -d and -z options.
420 -v Print information on the standard output about each conver‐
422 sion and cover sheet generation operation it does. If -v
423 is specified twice, the protocol between sendfax and the
424 hfaxd server process that does the submission work on the
425 remote machine is also displayed.
426
428 sendfax reads configuration information from the files
429 /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf, /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf, /etc/hylafax/send‐
430 fax.conf, and ~/.hylarc; in that order, with later-read settings super‐
431 seding any that may have been previously read. Configuration files
432 follow the conventions described in hylafax-client(1). The following
433 configuration parameters are recognized. Parameters marked with ¹ are
434 not available in /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf :
435 Tag Type Default Description
436 AutoCoverPage boolean Yes automatically generate cover page
437 ChopThreshold float 3.0 page chopping threshold
438 CoverCmd string see below pathname of cover sheet program
439 Cover-Comments string - cover page comments string
440 Cover-Company¹ string - cover page to-company name string
441 Cover-Location¹ string - cover page to-company location string
442 Cover-Regarding string - cover page regarding string
443 Cover-Template string - cover page template filename
444 Cover-Voice¹ string - cover page to-voice number string
445 Cover-From-Company¹ string -cover page from-company string
446 Cover-From-Location¹ string -cover page from-location string
447 Cover-From-Voice¹ string -cover page from-voice number string
448 Cover-From-Fax¹ string - cover page from-fax number string
449 DateFormat string - cover page date format string
450 DesiredEC integer 2 desired type of ECM
451 DesiredMST string - desired minimum scanline time to use
452 DesiredSpeed integer - desired signalling rate to use
453 DialRules string see below file containing dialstring rules
454 From string - sender's identity
455 HRes float 204. horizontal resolution
456 Host string localhost host to contact for service
457 KillTime string - time to expire job
458 MailAddr string - mail address for notification messages
459 MaxDials integer 12 times to retry dialing
460 MaxTries integer 3 times to retry transmission
461 MinSpeed integer - minimum acceptable signalling rate
462 Modem string - modem to use on server
463 Notify string none control email notification
464 PageChop string default control page chop handling
465 PageLength float - page length in millimeters
466 PageSize string default page size by name
467 PageWidth float - page width in millimeters
468 PassiveMode boolean false whether or not to use passive mode
469 Port integer 4559 port to use in contacting server
470 Priority string default job scheduling priority
471 Protocol string tcp protocol to use in contacting server
472 RetryTime string - delay between failed attempts to send
473 SendTime string - time to send job
474 TagLine string - tagline format string
475 Timeout integer 3600 timeout in seconds waiting for server response
476 TSI string - sender identification to use
477 TypeRules string see below file containing file typing rules
478 VRes float 98. vertical resolution
479 Verbose boolean No whether or not to enable protocol tracing
480 The configuration parameters are explained below. Certain configura‐
482 tion parameters, notably those for setting strings on automatically
483 generated cover pages, are defined mainly for use by other HylaFAX pro‐
484 grams that share common code used by sendfax.
485 AutoCoverPage Control whether or not a cover page is automatically
487 generated for each job. (Equivalent to the -n option.)
488 ChopThreshold The amount of white space, in inches, that must be
490 present at the bottom of a page before HylaFAX will
491 attempt to truncate the page transmission.
492 CoverCmd The absolute pathname of the program to use to generate
494 cover pages. The default cover sheet program is
495 /usr/bin/faxcover.
496 Cover-Comments The comments string to pass to the cover sheet program
498 when auto-generating cover pages.
499 Cover-Company The to-company name string to pass to the cover sheet
501 program when auto-generating cover pages.
502 Cover-Location The to-company location string to pass to the cover
504 sheet program when auto-generating cover pages.
505 Cover-Regarding The regarding string to pass to the cover sheet program
507 when auto-generating cover pages.
508 Cover-Template The absolute pathname of a cover sheet template file to
510 use in auto-generating cover pages.
511 Cover-Voice The to-voice number string to pass to the cover sheet
513 program when auto-generating cover pages.
514 Cover-From-Company
516 The from-company name string to pass to the cover sheet
517 program when auto-generating cover pages.
518 Cover-From-Location
520 The from-location string to pass to the cover sheet
521 program when auto-generating cover pages.
522 Cover-From-Voice
524 The from-voice number string to pass to the cover sheet
525 program when auto-generating cover pages.
526 Cover-From-Fax The from-fax number string to pass to the cover sheet
528 program when auto-generating cover pages.
529 DateFormat The strftime(3) format string to pass to the cover page
531 command when auto-generating cover pages.
532 DesiredEC Which type of the optional Error Correct Mode (ECM) to
534 use when transmitting facsimile. 0 to disable, 1 for
535 64-byte ECM, and 2 for 256-byte ECM (default).
536 DesiredMST The desired minimum scanline time to use when transmit‐
538 ting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -M option.)
539 DesiredSpeed The desired signalling rate to the use when transmit‐
541 ting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -B option.)
542 DialRules The name of the file containing the dialstring process‐
544 ing rules to when preparing an externally visible rep‐
545 resentation of the dialstring (e.g. to strip credit
546 card numbers). By default this is /etc/hylafax/dial‐
547 rules.
548 From The sender's identity. (Equivalent to the -f option.)
550 Host The host to contact for service. (Equivalent to the -h
552 option.)
553 HRes The horizontal resolution to use when transmitting fac‐
555 simile. (NB: this currently has no effect.)
556 KillTime The expiration time to assign to each job. (Equivalent
558 to the -k option.)
559 MailAddr The electronic mail address to direct notification mes‐
561 sages from the server. If this string is specified
562 without an ``@hostname'' part then the local hostname
563 will automatically be appended. (Equivalent to the -f
564 option.)
565 MaxDials The maximum number of times to dial the phone for each
567 job. (Equivalent to the -T option.)
568 MaxTries The maximum number of times to retry sending a job.
570 (Equivalent to the -t option.)
571 MinSpeed The minimum acceptable signalling rate to use when
573 transmitting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -b option.)
574 Modem The modem to use on the server. (Equivalent to the -h
576 option.)
577 Notify Control the email notification messages from the
579 server. This string may be one of ``done'', ``none'',
580 ``requeued'' or ``default'' with an optionally preced‐
581 ing ``when '' (e.g. ``when done''). Note that ``when
582 requeued'' implies ``when done''. (Equivalent to the
583 -D, -R, and -N options.)
584 PageChop Control page chop handling when transmitting facsimile.
586 This string may be one of ``none'', ``all'', or ``last'
587 to have no pages chopped, all pages chopped, or only
588 the last page chopped; respectively. Page chopping is
589 controlled by the ChopThreshold parameter.
590 PageLength Set the transmitted page length in millimeters.
592 PageSize Set the page dimensions according to an entry in the
594 pagesizes(5F) database. (Equivalent to the -s option.)
595 PageWidth Set the transmitted page width in millimeters.
597 PassiveMode Whether or not to use passive mode in communication
599 with the server.
600 Port The network port to contact for service. (Equivalent
602 to the -h option.)
603 Priority The scheduling priority to assign to each job. (Equiv‐
605 alent to the -P option.)
606 Protocol The name of the communication protocol to use when con‐
608 tacting a server. (Equivalent to the FAXSERVICE envi‐
609 ronment variable.)
610 RetryTime The time to delay between job retries due to a communi‐
612 cation failure. (Equivalent to the -I option.)
613 SendTime The time to send jobs. (Equivalent to the -a option.)
615 TagLine The tagline format string to use when transmitting fac‐
617 simile. (Equivalent to the -F option.)
618 TSI The sender identification to use when transmitting fac‐
620 simile. (Equivalent to the -S option.)
621 TypeRules The name of the file containing file type conversion
623 rules. By default this is /etc/hylafax/typerules.
624 Timeout The timeout, in seconds, to wait for a server response.
626 Verbose Control protocol tracing. (Equivalent to the -vv
628 option.)
629 VRes Set the vertical resolution in lines/inch to use when
631 transmitting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -m and -l
632 options.)
633
635 The following messages are generated because of problems encountered on
636 the local machine.
637 Could not call server. The facsimile server on the remote machine did
639 not respond.
640 No input data; transmission aborted. No data was supplied (typically
642 on the standard input). No facsimile will be sent.
643 Error converting data; command was %s." A data conversion operation
645 failed; the shell command that was used is printed.
646 Can not convert %s. Data needed to be converted for transmission, but
648 the required conversion rule was not located. This may indicate that
649 the HylaFAX software was incorrectly installed; or perhaps that an NFS-
650 mounted directory is temporarily unavailable.
651 %s: Can not determine file type. sendfax was unable to deduce the type
653 of the file.
654 %s: Not a regular file. The file is something other than a regular
656 file; for example, a directory.
657 The following messages may be printed by sendfax. These messages
659 describe problems encountered by the server process on the remote
660 machine. This list is incomplete; other messages may be generated by
661 the server under unusual circumstances.
662
664 ~/.hylarc per-user configuration file
665 /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf system-wide configuration file
666 /etc/hylafax/sendfax.conf system-wide configuration file
667 /etc/hylafax/typerules file type and conversion rules
668 /etc/hylafax/pagesizes page size database
669 /etc/hylafax/dialrules optional client dialstring rules
670 /usr/bin/faxcover for generating cover sheets
671 /usr/sbin/textfmt for converting text to PostScript
672 /usr/sbin/sgi2fax for converting SGI RGB images
673 /var/spool/hylafax/tmp/sndfaxXXXXXXtemporary files
674
676 at(1), hylafax-client(1), faxalter(1), faxcover(1), faxmail(1),
677 faxrm(1), faxstat(1), sgi2fax(1), textfmt(1), hfaxd(8C), hylafax-
678 server(5F), typerules(5F)
679 January 06, 2001 SENDFAX(1)