.\" $Id$ .\" .\" HylaFAX Facsimile Software .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990-1996 Sam Leffler .\" Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. .\" HylaFAX is a trademark of Silicon Graphics .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and .\" its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided .\" that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in .\" all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of .\" Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or .\" publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written .\" permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, .\" EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY .\" WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, .\" OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, .\" WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF .\" LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE .\" OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .if n .po 0 .ds Fx \fIHyla\s-1FAX\s+1\fP .TH FAXANSWER 8 "May 23, 1996" .SH NAME faxanswer \- tell a \*(Fx server to answer the telephone .SH SYNOPSIS .B /usr/sbin/faxanswer [ .B \-q .I queue-dir ] [ .B \-h .I how ] .I modem .SH DESCRIPTION .I faxanswer sends a message to the \*(Fx .IR faxgetty (8) process servicing .I modem telling it to answer the telephone. This is useful, for example, when a modem is used on a shared phone line and the server is configured to not normally answer the phone. .PP The specified .I modem can either be the name (typically the last component of the terminal port the modem is attached to), or the full name of the associated .SM FIFO named pipe file, e.g. ``\s-1FIFO\s+1.ttym2''. .SH OPTIONS .TP 10 .BI \-q " dir" Use a spooling area other than .IR /var/spool/hylafax . .TP 10 .B \-h Specify exactly .I how the phone should be answered. By default, the server process is instructed to answer the phone and accept any kind of call (voice, data, fax). Discrimination of the type of call is dependent on a modem's .I "adaptive-answer" support. The .B \-h option can be used to force the server to answer the phone for particular type of call: one of .IR fax , .IR data , .IR voice , .IR any , .IR extern (to force .I faxgetty to invoke an external application to to handle the call), or .I dialX (where X is a dialstring to dial before initiating a fax reception). If using .IR dialX , the specified dialstring will likely need to end with a semicolon (``;''). .SH FILES .nf .ta \w'/var/spool/hylafax/FIFO. 'u /var/spool/hylafax default spooling area /var/spool/hylafax/FIFO fifo for contacting \fIfaxq\fP .fi .PP Consult .IR hylafax-server (5) for a complete discussion of the structure and content of the spooling area. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR hylafax-server (5), .IR faxgetty (8)