FAXANSWER(8C)

NAME
       faxanswer - tell a HylaFAX server to answer the telephone

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/sbin/faxanswer  [  -q  queue-dir  ]  [ -h how ]
       modem

DESCRIPTION
       faxanswer sends a message to the HylaFAX faxgetty(8C) pro-
       cess  servicing  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 nor-
       mally answer the phone.

       The specified 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  FIFO  named  pipe
       file, e.g. ``FIFO.ttym2''.

OPTIONS
       -q dir    Use a spooling area other than /var/spool/fax.

       -h        Specify   exactly   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
                 adaptive-answer support.  The -h option  can  be
                 used to force the server to answer the phone for
                 particular type  of  call:  one  of  fax,  data,
                 voice,  any,  or  extern  (to  force faxgetty to
                 invoke an external application to to handle  the
                 call).

FILES
       /var/spool/fax                 default spooling area
       /var/spool/fax/FIFO            fifo for contacting faxq

       Consult  hylafax(5F)  for  a  complete  discussion  of the
       structure and content of the spooling area.

SEE ALSO
       hylafax(5F) faxgetty(8C)