sendfax(8)

NAME
sendfax - send group 3 fax files (G3 files) with a class 2 faxmodem

SYNOPSIS
sendfax [-p] [-x<debuglevel>] [-v] [-l<modemlines>] [-m<initstring>] [-d<polldirectory>] [-C<modemclass>] [-S] [-n] phone-number [g3file]

DESCRIPTION
Send the named g3 fax files to the fax machine at "phone number". The g3 files can be created with pbmtog3(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 logging, 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, whatsoever. The modem must return "OK". If it returns "ERROR", sendfax 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 initialize 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).

CONFIG FILE
If compiled accordingly, sendfax can read all its configuration from at run-time from a file, usually called @CONFDIR@/sendfax.config. See the documentation in the mgetty.info manual for details.

REFERENCES
The standard for Group 3 fax is defined in CCITT Recommendation T.4.

BUGS
sendfax should be able to put a header on the page. sendfax should be able to read TIFF g3 input files.

SEE ALSO
g3cat(1), pbmtog3(1), mgetty(1), faxspool(1)

AUTHOR
sendfax is Copyright (C) 1993 by Gert Doering, <gert@greenie.muc.de>.