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 usesslfax string whether or not to use SSL Fax ("yes"/"no")
307 config string override configuration with this setting
308 timezone string time zone locale setting to use in tagline formatting
309 probeonly integer "1" terminates once a fax call is established, "2" when handshaking received
310 -p Poll each destination for any available documents. If a
312 poll request is made together with document transmission,
313 the poll operation is done after the documents are trans‐
314 mitted. Documents received by polling are returned to the
315 sender by electronic mail.
316 -P priority Assign the specified scheduling priority to subsequent
318 jobs. A priority is an integer value in the range [0-255].
319 Lower values result in higher priority processing. By
320 default, each job is assigned 127 for an initial scheduling
321 priority. If a job's priority is greater than bulk faxes
322 then the job's priority is raised (numerically lowered) for
323 each failed attempt to transmit so that retransmit attempts
324 are done ahead of newly submitted jobs. In the case of
325 bulk faxes (numerically higher than 190), then the job's
326 priority is lowered (numerically raised) for each failed
327 attempt to transmit so that the whole of the bulk-queued
328 jobs will be attempted before any are retried. The prior‐
329 ity may also be specified as one of the following symbolic
330 names: default or normal (127), bulk or junk (191), low
331 (190), or high (63).
332 -R Enable notification by electronic mail when the facsimile
334 has been delivered and when it is requeued for retransmis‐
335 sion. By default HylaFAX will notify the submitter only if
336 there is a problem with a job.
337 -r regarding
339 Pass regarding to the faxcover(1) program as the value of
340 the ``Re:'' field of any generated cover page.
341 -s size Set the page size to use for the transmitted facsimile.
343 Facsimile are normally imaged with a system-default page
344 size (usually letter-size pages, 8.5" by 11", for sites in
345 North America). Alternate page sizes are specified symbol‐
346 ically using either the name or abbreviation of an entry in
347 the pagesizes(5F) database; e.g. a3 (ISO A3), a4 (ISO A4),
348 a5 (ISO A5), a6 (ISO A6), b4 (ISO B4), na-let (North Ameri‐
349 can Letter), us-leg (American Legal), us-led (American
350 Ledger), us-exe (American Executive), jp-let (Japanese Let‐
351 ter), and jp-leg (Japanese Legal). Comparisons are case-
352 insensitive and any match of a substring of the full page-
353 size name is sufficient; e.g. ``legal'' would match ``Amer‐
354 ican Legal''.
355 Note that it may not be permissible to image into the full
357 page area; the guaranteed reproducible area for a page is
358 typically inset. Also, note that while arbitrary page
359 sizes can be specified through the page size database, only
360 a limited set of page dimensions are supported by the Group
361 3 facsimile protocol. Thus if an odd-size facsimile is
362 submitted for transmission it may not be possible to deter‐
363 mine if it can be sent until the fax server establishes
364 communication with the remote facsimile machine.
365 -S tsi Pass tsi to the server as the suggested sender identifica‐
367 tion to be used, for example, in tagline imaging and fax
368 protocol.
369 -t tries Make no more than tries attempts to send the facsimile. (A
371 try is a call in which carrier is established and the fac‐
372 simile protocol is commenced; this is contrasted with a
373 call attempt that might have failed because the line was
374 busy.) Without specifying a "tries" value to the server
375 HylaFAX will, with some exceptions, make an unlimited num‐
376 ber of attempts to completely send the facsimile before the
377 kill time expires. (The exceptions are that HylaFAX will
378 terminate a job if 3 consecutive attempts to send a partic‐
379 ular page fail, or if it appears the receiver is not a fac‐
380 simile machine.) Use ``-1'' to indicate that no tries
381 value should be specified to the server.
382 -T maxdials Make no more than maxdials calls in attempting to send the
384 facsimile. By default, HylaFAX will redial 12 times before
385 killing a job. Use ``-1'' to indicate that no maxdials
386 value should be specified to the server.
387 -U voice-no Pass voice-no to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
389 voice number.
390 -u number Use number as the number value in the outbound call identi‐
392 fication and in tagline generation.
393 -V voice-no Pass voice-no to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
395 person's voice number.
396 -w Wait for the job to complete before ending the sendfax ses‐
398 sion. If this option is used, the sendfax process will not
399 terminate until the job is completed.
400 -W fax-no Pass fax-no to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's fax
402 number.
403 -x company Pass company to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
405 company name.
406 -X company Pass company to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
408 company name.
409 -y location Pass location to the faxcover(1) program as the destination
411 company's location.
412 -Y location Pass location to the faxcover(1) program as the sender's
414 company location.
415 -z filename Read destinations from filename which contains a list of
417 the destinations formatted identically as destinations for
418 the -d option, one per line. Usage of this option is simi‐
419 lar to the -d option and may be done in conjunction with
420 other -d and -z options.
421 -v Print information on the standard output about each conver‐
423 sion and cover sheet generation operation it does. If -v
424 is specified twice, the protocol between sendfax and the
425 hfaxd server process that does the submission work on the
426 remote machine is also displayed.
427
429 sendfax reads configuration information from the files
430 /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf, /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf, /etc/hylafax/send‐
431 fax.conf, and ~/.hylarc; in that order, with later-read settings super‐
432 seding any that may have been previously read. Configuration files
433 follow the conventions described in hylafax-client(1). The following
434 configuration parameters are recognized. Parameters marked with ¹ are
435 not available in /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf :
436 Tag Type Default Description
437 AutoCoverPage boolean Yes automatically generate cover page
438 ChopThreshold float 3.0 page chopping threshold
439 CoverCmd string see below pathname of cover sheet program
440 Cover-Comments string - cover page comments string
441 Cover-Company¹ string - cover page to-company name string
442 Cover-Location¹ string - cover page to-company location string
443 Cover-Regarding string - cover page regarding string
444 Cover-Template string - cover page template filename
445 Cover-Voice¹ string - cover page to-voice number string
446 Cover-From-Company¹ string -cover page from-company string
447 Cover-From-Location¹ string -cover page from-location string
448 Cover-From-Voice¹ string -cover page from-voice number string
449 Cover-From-Fax¹ string - cover page from-fax number string
450 DateFormat string - cover page date format string
451 DesiredEC integer 2 desired type of ECM
452 DesiredMST string - desired minimum scanline time to use
453 DesiredSpeed integer - desired signalling rate to use
454 DialRules string see below file containing dialstring rules
455 From string - sender's identity
456 HRes float 204. horizontal resolution
457 Host string localhost host to contact for service
458 KillTime string - time to expire job
459 MailAddr string - mail address for notification messages
460 MaxDials integer 12 times to retry dialing
461 MaxTries integer 3 times to retry transmission
462 MinSpeed integer - minimum acceptable signalling rate
463 Modem string - modem to use on server
464 Notify string none control email notification
465 PageChop string default control page chop handling
466 PageLength float - page length in millimeters
467 PageSize string default page size by name
468 PageWidth float - page width in millimeters
469 PassiveMode boolean false whether or not to use passive mode
470 Port integer 4559 port to use in contacting server
471 Priority string default job scheduling priority
472 Protocol string tcp protocol to use in contacting server
473 RetryTime string - delay between failed attempts to send
474 SendTime string - time to send job
475 TagLine string - tagline format string
476 Timeout integer 3600 timeout in seconds waiting for server response
477 TSI string - sender identification to use
478 TypeRules string see below file containing file typing rules
479 VRes float 98. vertical resolution
480 Verbose boolean No whether or not to enable protocol tracing
481 The configuration parameters are explained below. Certain configura‐
483 tion parameters, notably those for setting strings on automatically
484 generated cover pages, are defined mainly for use by other HylaFAX pro‐
485 grams that share common code used by sendfax.
486 AutoCoverPage Control whether or not a cover page is automatically
488 generated for each job. (Equivalent to the -n option.)
489 ChopThreshold The amount of white space, in inches, that must be
491 present at the bottom of a page before HylaFAX will
492 attempt to truncate the page transmission.
493 CoverCmd The absolute pathname of the program to use to generate
495 cover pages. The default cover sheet program is
496 /usr/bin/faxcover.
497 Cover-Comments The comments string to pass to the cover sheet program
499 when auto-generating cover pages.
500 Cover-Company The to-company name string to pass to the cover sheet
502 program when auto-generating cover pages.
503 Cover-Location The to-company location string to pass to the cover
505 sheet program when auto-generating cover pages.
506 Cover-Regarding The regarding string to pass to the cover sheet program
508 when auto-generating cover pages.
509 Cover-Template The absolute pathname of a cover sheet template file to
511 use in auto-generating cover pages.
512 Cover-Voice The to-voice number string to pass to the cover sheet
514 program when auto-generating cover pages.
515 Cover-From-Company
517 The from-company name string to pass to the cover sheet
518 program when auto-generating cover pages.
519 Cover-From-Location
521 The from-location string to pass to the cover sheet
522 program when auto-generating cover pages.
523 Cover-From-Voice
525 The from-voice number string to pass to the cover sheet
526 program when auto-generating cover pages.
527 Cover-From-Fax The from-fax number string to pass to the cover sheet
529 program when auto-generating cover pages.
530 DateFormat The strftime(3) format string to pass to the cover page
532 command when auto-generating cover pages.
533 DesiredEC Which type of the optional Error Correct Mode (ECM) to
535 use when transmitting facsimile. 0 to disable, 1 for
536 64-byte ECM, and 2 for 256-byte ECM (default).
537 DesiredMST The desired minimum scanline time to use when transmit‐
539 ting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -M option.)
540 DesiredSpeed The desired signalling rate to the use when transmit‐
542 ting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -B option.)
543 DialRules The name of the file containing the dialstring process‐
545 ing rules to when preparing an externally visible rep‐
546 resentation of the dialstring (e.g. to strip credit
547 card numbers). By default this is /etc/hylafax/dial‐
548 rules.
549 From The sender's identity. (Equivalent to the -f option.)
551 Host The host to contact for service. (Equivalent to the -h
553 option.)
554 HRes The horizontal resolution to use when transmitting fac‐
556 simile. (NB: this currently has no effect.)
557 KillTime The expiration time to assign to each job. (Equivalent
559 to the -k option.)
560 MailAddr The electronic mail address to direct notification mes‐
562 sages from the server. If this string is specified
563 without an ``@hostname'' part then the local hostname
564 will automatically be appended. (Equivalent to the -f
565 option.)
566 MaxDials The maximum number of times to dial the phone for each
568 job. (Equivalent to the -T option.)
569 MaxTries The maximum number of times to retry sending a job.
571 (Equivalent to the -t option.)
572 MinSpeed The minimum acceptable signalling rate to use when
574 transmitting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -b option.)
575 Modem The modem to use on the server. (Equivalent to the -h
577 option.)
578 Notify Control the email notification messages from the
580 server. This string may be one of ``done'', ``none'',
581 ``requeued'' or ``default'' with an optionally preced‐
582 ing ``when '' (e.g. ``when done''). Note that ``when
583 requeued'' implies ``when done''. (Equivalent to the
584 -D, -R, and -N options.)
585 PageChop Control page chop handling when transmitting facsimile.
587 This string may be one of ``none'', ``all'', or ``last'
588 to have no pages chopped, all pages chopped, or only
589 the last page chopped; respectively. Page chopping is
590 controlled by the ChopThreshold parameter.
591 PageLength Set the transmitted page length in millimeters.
593 PageSize Set the page dimensions according to an entry in the
595 pagesizes(5F) database. (Equivalent to the -s option.)
596 PageWidth Set the transmitted page width in millimeters.
598 PassiveMode Whether or not to use passive mode in communication
600 with the server.
601 Port The network port to contact for service. (Equivalent
603 to the -h option.)
604 Priority The scheduling priority to assign to each job. (Equiv‐
606 alent to the -P option.)
607 Protocol The name of the communication protocol to use when con‐
609 tacting a server. (Equivalent to the FAXSERVICE envi‐
610 ronment variable.)
611 RetryTime The time to delay between job retries due to a communi‐
613 cation failure. (Equivalent to the -I option.)
614 SendTime The time to send jobs. (Equivalent to the -a option.)
616 TagLine The tagline format string to use when transmitting fac‐
618 simile. (Equivalent to the -F option.)
619 TSI The sender identification to use when transmitting fac‐
621 simile. (Equivalent to the -S option.)
622 TypeRules The name of the file containing file type conversion
624 rules. By default this is /etc/hylafax/typerules.
625 Timeout The timeout, in seconds, to wait for a server response.
627 Verbose Control protocol tracing. (Equivalent to the -vv
629 option.)
630 VRes Set the vertical resolution in lines/inch to use when
632 transmitting facsimile. (Equivalent to the -m and -l
633 options.)
634
636 The following messages are generated because of problems encountered on
637 the local machine.
638 Could not call server. The facsimile server on the remote machine did
640 not respond.
641 No input data; transmission aborted. No data was supplied (typically
643 on the standard input). No facsimile will be sent.
644 Error converting data; command was %s." A data conversion operation
646 failed; the shell command that was used is printed.
647 Can not convert %s. Data needed to be converted for transmission, but
649 the required conversion rule was not located. This may indicate that
650 the HylaFAX software was incorrectly installed; or perhaps that an NFS-
651 mounted directory is temporarily unavailable.
652 %s: Can not determine file type. sendfax was unable to deduce the type
654 of the file.
655 %s: Not a regular file. The file is something other than a regular
657 file; for example, a directory.
658 The following messages may be printed by sendfax. These messages
660 describe problems encountered by the server process on the remote
661 machine. This list is incomplete; other messages may be generated by
662 the server under unusual circumstances.
663
665 ~/.hylarc per-user configuration file
666 /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf system-wide configuration file
667 /etc/hylafax/sendfax.conf system-wide configuration file
668 /etc/hylafax/typerules file type and conversion rules
669 /etc/hylafax/pagesizes page size database
670 /etc/hylafax/dialrules optional client dialstring rules
671 /usr/bin/faxcover for generating cover sheets
672 /usr/sbin/textfmt for converting text to PostScript
673 /usr/sbin/sgi2fax for converting SGI RGB images
674 /var/spool/hylafax/tmp/sndfaxXXXXXXtemporary files
675
677 at(1), hylafax-client(1), faxalter(1), faxcover(1), faxmail(1),
678 faxrm(1), faxstat(1), sgi2fax(1), textfmt(1), hfaxd(8C), hylafax-
679 server(5F), typerules(5F)
680 January 06, 2001 SENDFAX(1)