1FAXANSWER(8C)                                                    FAXANSWER(8C)
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NAME

6       faxanswer - tell a HylaFAX server to answer the telephone
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/sbin/faxanswer [ -q queue-dir ] [ -h how ] modem
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DESCRIPTION

12       faxanswer sends a message to the HylaFAX faxgetty(8C) process servicing
13       modem telling it to answer the telephone.  This is useful, for example,
14       when  a  modem is used on a shared phone line and the server is config‐
15       ured to not normally answer the phone.
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17       The specified modem can either be the name (typically the  last  compo‐
18       nent  of  the terminal port the modem is attached to), or the full name
19       of the associated FIFO named pipe file, e.g. ``FIFO.ttym2''.
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OPTIONS

22       -q dir    Use a spooling area other than /var/spool/hylafax.
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24       -h        Specify  exactly  how  the  phone  should  be  answered.   By
25                 default, the server process is instructed to answer the phone
26                 and accept any kind of call (voice, data, fax).   Discrimina‐
27                 tion  of the type of call is dependent on a modem's adaptive-
28                 answer support.  The -h option  can  be  used  to  force  the
29                 server  to  answer the phone for particular type of call: one
30                 of fax, data, voice, any, extern (to force faxgetty to invoke
31                 an  external  application  to  to  handle the call), or dialX
32                 (where X is a dialstring to  dial  before  initiating  a  fax
33                 reception).   If  using  dialX, the specified dialstring will
34                 likely need to end with a semicolon (``;'').
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FILES

37       /var/spool/hylafax                 default spooling area
38       /var/spool/hylafax/FIFO            fifo for contacting faxq
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40       Consult hylafax-server(5F) for a complete discussion of  the  structure
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SEE ALSO

44       hylafax-server(5F), faxgetty(8C)
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48                                 May 23, 1996                    FAXANSWER(8C)
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