Nordic Star Products 4.3A manual Overview, Etcdir, Bindir, Spooldir

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Overview

1. Overview

The fax system is constructed in accordance with a client-server principle, with a fax host that is run in the background and a number of client programs that the user utilizes to communicate with the host. Faxmaster, as the fax server is known, keeps order in the user’s fax queues, checks authorizations, gives the user status information etc. In order to receive information from the faxmaster and give instructions to it, programs such as faxlogon, faxsend, faxq, faxrm etc. are used.

The advantage of a system constructed in this way is that the commands that are executed merely forward the task to the fax server, where all work is done, which quickly leaves the terminal free for new assignments.

From a system administrator’s point of view, this arrangement means that the system is easy to configure and administer since the server does all the real work. When functions in the server can be administered in a simple way it automati- cally follows that the whole system is easy to administer.

The XFAX directory structure appears in the form shown below, the symbolic names of the various directories are used throughout this manual.

ETCDIR

System files (configuration, messages, statistics, etc.) Can be changed by setting the environment variable XFAXDIR. The default directory is /etc/ xfax.

FONTDIR Font files.

Changed in the configuration file with the keyword FONTDIR. The default directory is /etc/xfax/Fonts.

BINDIR

Programs (faxmaster, faxlogon, faxsend, etc.).

The directory where the program files are located should be included in

PATH for those users who are to have access to the fax system.

SPOOLDIR

Data and control files for the queue system.

Can be changed with the keyword SPOOLDIR in the configuration file.

HOME/Fax

The user’s own faxes, which have not been sent, are stored here.

In addition, the system uses /tmp for temporary files plus, depending on the oper- ating system, /usr/spool/uucp, /usr/spool/locks or /etc/locks for locking files in combination with communication.

We use the following symbolic names for the various directories used by XFAX throughout the documentation.

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Contents Xfax Contents Defaultfont Defaultmargin Dialprefix Defaultprinter DialtimeoutCharacterset Httpenable Waitfortone Bindir OverviewEtcdir SpooldirXfaxdir Installation Configuring the software KeywordsEnvironment variables Adding actions Xfax and multiple fax devicesConfiguring the software Xfax User’s Guide 4.3a Sending a fax FaxsendAttaching a note to a fax One fax to several recipients group transmissionPrinting a fax before sending Scheduled transmissionsID of the fax in the queue Script xfaxScript faxadm Document codesTelephone cost file ETCDIR/cost ChargeperminuteLocalzone LOCALZONE=LOCALLY AreacodesAreacodes 08LOCAL 031AREA 3 009ABROAD 0091USA Receiving faxes Automatic printing of incoming faxesHandling faxes Fax queuesScheduling a fax Canceling of a faxReschedule a fax IntrRoutine maintenance Printing a faxListing faxes in a particular directory Cleaning the statistics file Using the client Using the address book in XfaxInstallation Xfax in a Windows environmentXfax in a Windows environment Using overlay files as forms and cover pages Overlay files and cover sheetsCover sheets the old way Message DateTime Overlay files and cover sheets Xfax and e-mail SendmailScript faxmail Xfax and e-mail Installing Ghostscript and the Xfax driver Troubleshooting Integrated Http server Integrated Smtp server Modems and flow control Command reference CommandsFaxmail FaxmasterFaxmime From FaxprintFaxq SubjectFaxrm Faxsend1234 7586535 faxfile Faxsr FaxstatFaxwho Exit codes General keywords AccesshttpKeyword reference FaxlineAcceptusers AccesssmtpAdministrator AlertuserBrokenselect CharactersetDefaultprinter DefaultfontDefaultmargin DialtimeoutExecuteafterreceive DomainExecworkdir ExecuteaftersendFaildir ExecutebeforesendExitstring FailfaxnoHttpenable Jetfaxcopy InitstringJetfaxbusytries JetfaxpagetimeLocalprefix LockingstyleMailonerror LpprintoptionMailonsuccess Partialpages NoerrorsaveNostatistics PrintrectoleftReversestats ResolutionReceiveonly RoundrobinSmtpenable SmtpsenderSmtpserver 15.1.82 T30RTC Symbolset15.1.81 T30ECM 15.1.83 T30PAGELENGTHWaitfortone XonxoffWaitfordialtone Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Technical specifications Typefaces in Xfax Index
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