sendfax(8) mgetty+sendfax manual sendfax(8)NAMEsendfax - send group 3 fax files (G3 files) with a class 2 faxmodem
SYNOPSISsendfax [-p] [-x<debuglevel>] [-v] [-l<modemlines>] [-m<initstring>]
[-d<polldirectory>] [-C<modemclass>] [-S] [-n] [-r] [-D<dialprefix>]
phone-number [g3file(s)]
DESCRIPTION
Send the named g3 fax files to the fax machine at "phone number". The
g3 files can be created with pbm2g3(1) or GNU's GhostScript with the
"digifax" driver.
OPTIONS-p Tells sendfax to try fax polling, that is, get any documents
queued in the remote fax machine for you (used for weather maps
and the like)
-x <debug level>
Use the given level of verbosity for logging - 0 means no log‐
ging, 5 is really noisy.
-v Give some progress report on stdout.
-l <modem lines>
Use the given modem lines. Multiple lines can be separated by
":". Example: sendfax-l tty1a:tty2a
-m <initstring>
Send an additional init string. This string is sent right after
initializing the modem and setting it into class 2 mode. You can
use this to set the speaker value, some special registers, what‐
soever. The modem must return "OK". If it returns "ERROR", send‐
fax prints an error message and aborts. You do not have to
prepend the "AT" prefix, but it won't do harm either.
-d <directory>
Specify the directory where polled fax files should go to.
Defaults to "." for the current directory. Unused if not
polling a fax.
-C <class>
Tells sendfax how to treat the modem. Possible values for
<class> are "auto" (default, try to find out which fax command
set the modem supports), "cls2" (use the class 2 fax command
set, even if the modem claims to support class 2.0) and "c2.0"
(use the class 2.0 fax command set). Obviously, "data" (which is
valid for "mgetty -C ...") is not of much use here.
-S Assume modem connection on stdin, do not try to lock or initial‐
ize anything. To take over existing connection (for interworking
with vgetty et.al.) use with a dial string of "T1" (just a short
beep, no phone number at all would confuse many modems, a pulse
dialed number may confuse the telco switch) and "-m ATX1" (do
not wait for dial tone).
-n Tells sendfax to send the fax pages in ``normal'' (204x98 dpi)
mode. Default is ``fine'' mode (204x196 dpi).
-r If this option is given, sendfax will rename all the fax G3
files to ``<filename>.done'' after successfully sending this.
This is intended to be used from ``faxrunq'', to make sure that
a partially-sended fax isn't retransmitted as a whole every
time.
If this option is set, sendfax will not (!) complain if not all
files named on the command line exist.
-D <dial prefix>
Override the default (set by sendfax.config or in policy.h) for
the 'ATxxx' command to dial the remote number. This is rarely
used from the command line, but you might want to use it in com‐
bination with faxrunqd's policy routing option (see example in
faxrunqd.policy(5)).
-M <max speed>
Sets the maximum transmission (modem to modem) speed. This is
only needed in very rare cases, because normally the modems
negotiate the correct speed automatically. Example: "-M 7200".
CONFIG FILE
If compiled accordingly, sendfax can read all its configuration from at
run-time from a file, usually called /etc/mgetty+sendfax/sendfax.con‐
fig. See the documentation in the mgetty.info manual for details.
DIAGNOSTICSsendfax returns an error code, according to the reason why the program
terminated. If everything went OK, sendfax returns 0. If ``harmless''
errors (didn't cost money) occured, an error code below 10 is returned.
If a dial attempt failed after the remote end picked up (it will cost
money), a return code of 10 or higher is returned.
In Detail, the return codes are as follows:
0 all pages have been transmitted successfully
1 error on the sendfax command line
2 cannot open fax device (e.g. due to locked modem)
3 cannot initialize modem (e.g. modem switched off)
4 dialup failed with BUSY
5 dialup failed with NO DIALTONE
10 dialup failed with ERROR or NO CARRIER (modem handshake
failed)
11 waiting for XON failed (rarely seen)
12 transmitting or polling page(s) failed (connection
dropped)
Very detailed debug information is written to the log file. It can be
found in "/var/log/sendfax.log". If it doesn't contain enough details,
enhance the log level with the "-x" option to sendfax, e.g. "-x 5".
Many of the common problems and solutions are discussed in the mgetty
manual and the FAQ. Please see the WWW page at http://alpha.gree‐
nie.net/mgetty/ for both.
REFERENCES
The standard for Group 3 fax is defined in CCITT Recommendation T.4.
BUGSsendfax should be able to put a header on the page.
sendfax should be able to read TIFF g3 input files.
SEE ALSOg3cat(1), pbm2g3(1), mgetty(1), faxspool(1), faxrunq(1), faxrunqd(8)AUTHORsendfax is Copyright (C) 1993 by Gert Doering, <gert@greenie.muc.de>.
greenie 27 Oct 93 sendfax(8)
