FAXCRON(8C)FAXCRON(8C)NAMEfaxcron - HylaFAX routine maintenance script
SYNOPSIS
/usr/contrib/bin/faxcron [ -n ] [ -l lastrun ]
DESCRIPTIONfaxcron is a command script that does routine upkeep tasks
in a HylaFAX spooling directory hierarchy. This script is
intended to be invoked from cron(8C) on behalf of the fax
user once a day, with the standard output sent by mail to
the HylaFAX administrator. For example, the following
crontab might be setup for the fax user:
25 23 * * * sh /usr/contrib/bin/faxcron | mail FaxMaster
The faxcron script does the following work:
o report statistics for facsimile transmitted since the
last time faxcron was run.
o report statistics for facsimile transmitted in the past
week.
o report statistics for facsimile received since the last
time faxcron was run.
o report statistics for facsimile received in the past
week.
o report any recent calls that failed suspiciously and
return the associated trace log;
o purge data that is 30 days or older from the remote
machine information directory;
o delete information that is 30 days or older from ses-
sion trace log files;
o remove files from the tmp directory that are older than
1 day;
o remove received facsimile that are 7 days or older;
o report sites that are currently having jobs rejected;
and
o force all session log files to be owned by the fax user
and kept with protection mode 644.
OPTIONS-n Forces faxcron to run without updating any
files.
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FAXCRON(8C)FAXCRON(8C)-l lastrun
Forces the notion of the last time that faxcron
was run to be lastrun. The value of lastrun is
a date and time string of the form ``MM/DD/YY
HH:MM'' (the date(1) format string ``%D
%H:%M'').
-info n Set the expiration time for data in the info
database to be n days.
-log n Set the expiration time for session log data to
be n days.
-rcv n Set the expiration time for files in the
received facsimile queue to be n days.
-tmp n Set the expiration time for files in the tmp
directory to be n days.
-mode m Set the file protection mode for session logs to
m (a command line argument to chmod(1)).
NOTES
This script requires nawk(1) or gawk(1) and a date (1)
program that supports the ``+format'' option.
If session logs are to be kept private this script must be
modified to filter out sensitive information such as call-
ing card numbers. (It should also be run with ``-mode
0600'' so that session log files are not publicly read-
able.)
FILES
/var/spool/fax spooling area
/var/spool/fax/etc/lastrun timestamp of last run
/usr/contrib/bin/xferfaxstats for generating transmit statistics
/usr/contrib/bin/recvstats for generating receive statistics
/tmp/faxcronXXXX temporary file for truncating session logs
/tmp/faxlogXXXX temporary file for logs of failed calls
SEE ALSOcron(8C), faxq(8C), faxgetty(8C), faxsend(8C), xferfaxs-
tats(8C), recvstats(8C), hylafax-server(5F)
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