NOTIFY(8C)NOTIFY(8C)NAMEnotify - HylaFAX user notification script
SYNOPSIS
/var/spool/fax/bin/notify qfile why jobtime commid [ next-
Try ]
DESCRIPTION
bin/notify is the command script invoked by the facsimile
server to notify a user about the status of an outbound
job. The default notification script sends the user elec-
tronic mail describing the event or action. The arguments
are:
qfile the pathname of the job description file.
why a string that specifies why the user is being
notified; one of:
Why Notes Meaning
done job was completed successfully
failed 1 job was not completed
rejected job was rejected for specified reasons
blocked job is blocked by concurrent jobs
requeued 1 job was not completed, but was requeued for retry
removed job was deleted from the queue
killed job was deleted from the queue
timedout job could not be sent before kill time expired
format_failed document conversion failed
no_formatter the document conversion program was not found
poll_rejected 1 a polling request was rejected by the remote side
poll_no_document 1 a polling request failed because nothing was available
poll_failed 1 a polling request failed for an unknown reason
1 A transcript of the failed communication is
returned to the sender.
jobtime the total transmission time of a successful job
or the connect time of a failed request (passed
as a string).
commid the communication identifier of the HylaFAX pro-
cess that processed the job (used for locating
communication transcripts).
nextTry the time (passed as a string) at which the next
attempt will be made to complete the job. This
parameter is passed only if why is ``requeued''.
FILES
/var/spool/fax spooling area
/usr/lib/sendmail for delivering mail
SEE ALSOfaxq(8C), hylafax-server(5F), sendq(5F)
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