NAME

       pagesend - HylaFAX IXO/TAP and UCP transmit program

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/pagesend [ -l ] [ -p ] [ -c config ] -m device-ID qfile

DESCRIPTION

       pagesend  is  the  program  that implements the IXO/TAP and the UCP transmission protocol for the HylaFAX
       system.  pagesend is invoked by the faxq scheduler process for each  pager  transmit  attempt.   pagesend
       assumes that its current working directory is the top of the spooling hierarchy and that a suitable modem
       device has been allocated for its use.  In normal use pagesend will inherit a lockfile for the modem from
       the  faxq  process.  The format of the job description file specified on the command line is described in
       sendq(5).

       pagesend initializes the modem before attempting to transmit the pager message using the  information  in
       the appropriate modem configuration file.  If the modem does not respond to this initialization, pagesend
       will  repeatedly  try  to initialize the modem.  This behaviour is required for send-only environments in
       which a faxgetty(8) process is not run (and the modem would be known to  be  in  a  properly  initialized
       state).   pagesend  catches  SIGINT  and  SIGTERM  and  cleans  up any resources it controls; this is the
       mechanism used by faxq to abort a job while it is in progress.

       Many aspects of pagesend operation are controlled through a configuration file.  The  configuration  file
       is  located  in  the  spooler  hierarchy  in  the etc subdirectory and is named config.device-ID; consult
       hylafax-config(5) for detailed information on the contents of configuration files.

       The protocol which must be used for a specific service provider is controlled  from  the  hylafax-info(5)
       file.

OPTIONS

       -c config Treat  config  as a configuration parameter specification that is interpreted after reading the
                 per-device  configuration  file.   For  example,  ``-c  sessiontracing:0x4f''  would  set   the
                 SessionTracing configuration parameter to ``0x4f'', overriding any setting in the configuration
                 file.

       -m devID  The  device  to  use  in processing the job.  Note that this is a device identifier and not the
                 pathname of the tty special file.  A device identifier is formed  from  a  device  filename  by
                 removing any leading ``/dev/'' and converting any ``/'' characters to ``_'' characters.

       -l        Do the UUCP lockfile protocol in pagesend.  By default pagesend assumes that it is invoked with
                 the device already locked and that it does not need to manage the lockfile.

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

NOTES

       pagesend returns the new job status to faxq through the exit(2) return value of the  process:  send_retry
       (0), retry job; send_failed (1), job finished without success, send_done (2), job completed successfully,
       send_reformat (3), job should be retried after documents are reformatted.

FILES

       /var/spool/hylafax/etc/config.devID     device-specific configuration file

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

SEE ALSO

       faxq(8), hylafax-server(5), hylafax-config(5), hylafax-info(5)

                                                 October 3, 1995                                     PAGESEND(8)