Fax2Send Shell API - Send a File with an Embedded Fax Number

/usr/lib/fax2send/bin/hpfaxspool - Send a Fax with an embedded fax number

Only valid for Version 2.1-5 or later of the Fax2Send server

hpfaxspool [-FDS] [-Pformat_script]

Hpfaxspool reads from standard input and scans for a fax number embedded within a PCL or ASCII format file. If a number is found then the file is queued using the fax2 command. The fax number must appear in the file in the following format:

fax:fax number.

Note the use of a full stop to terminate the number

Hpfaxspool will also scan for other embedded strings:

• Alias name for request in the queue.
  
  Embedded with the format:
  
  subject:alias name.
  
  See -n flag for fax2 command
  
  
• Tag environment variable for use with loglink.
  
  Embedded with the format:
  
  tag:tag variable.
  
  See -T flag for fax2 command
  
  
• Time to send request in 24 hour clock format e.g 1800.
  
  Embedded with the format:
  
  delay:time to send in 24 hour format.
  
  See -t flag for fax2 command
  
  

Suppose the file /tmp/myfax.txt contains the following:

To: John Smith
Fax: 1234567890.
From: Joe Jones
Subject: Thursdays meeting.

Hi John,

See you on Thursday.

Joe

...and you run the following command:

/usr/lib/fax2send/bin/hpfaxspool < /tmp/myfax

Then the file /tmp/myfax will be sent to the fax number 1234567890.