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FAXGETTY(8C)					     FAXGETTY(8C)

NAME
       faxgetty - HylaFAX front-door process

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/contrib/lib/hylafax/faxgetty  [  -D	 ]  [  -p  ] [ -q
       queue-dir ] device

DESCRIPTION
       faxgetty is the HylaFAX server program  that  listens  for
       incoming phone calls and either handles each call directly
       or hands it off to an appropriate  program.   In	 addition
       faxgetty	 monitors  modem  usage	 and notifies the HylaFAX
       scheduler process when a modem's status changes; e.g. when
       a modem is busy with an outbound call.

       One  faxgetty  should be run for each facsimile modem on a
       machine.	  faxgetty  is	typically  started  by	init(8C).
       faxgetty	 can also be used with data-only modems; this may
       be desirable if some of	the  non-facsimile  features  are
       important, such as the support for screening calls accord-
       ing to Caller-ID information.

       faxgetty listens to its facsimile modem for incoming calls
       and  to	a  FIFO	 special file on which it accepts command
       directives from administrative  commands	 such  as  faxan-
       swer(8C)	 and faxabort(8C).  faxgetty also catches SIGTERM
       and SIGINT signals; cleaning up	any  necessary	resources
       before exiting.

       Many  aspects of faxgetty operation are controlled through
       a configuration file.   In  particular,	for  faxgetty  to
       automatically  invoke  the  getty(8C)  program  to  handle
       incoming data connections the GettyArgs parameter must  be
       setup  in  the configuration file.  The configuration file
       is located in the spooler hierarchy in the  etc	subdirec-
       tory  and is named config.devid, where devid is an identi-
       fier derived from the name of the modem's device file; for
       example	ttym2  for  /dev/ttym2, term_10 for /dev/term/10.
       Consult config(5F) for detailed information  on	the  con-
       tents of configuration files.

OPTIONS
       -D	 This  option  forces  faxgetty	 to detach itself
		 from the  controlling	tty  from  which  it  was
		 invoked.   In normal operation faxgetty will not
		 dissassociate itself from the controlling tty.

       -p	 Do not change the process priority when  receiv-
		 ing facsimile.	 Normally faxgetty will raise its
		 priority to reduce i/o latency.  This option  is
		 useful for debugging.

       -q dir	 The specified directory is treated as the spool-
		 ing   area.	The   default	spooling    area,

			  July 31, 1995				1

FAXGETTY(8C)					     FAXGETTY(8C)

		 /var/spool/fax, is defined at the time the soft-
		 ware is built.

FILES
       /var/spool/fax/FIFO.device	   FIFO special file for submitting commands
       /var/spool/fax/etc/config.device	   device-specific configuration file

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

SEE ALSO
       faxabort(8C),  faxanswer(8C), faxconfig(8C), faxstate(8C),
       faxq(8C), getty(8C), hylafax-server(5F), config(5F)

			  July 31, 1995				2

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