On 25 Jan 2006, at 10:32, Robert Whittle wrote:
Thanks for the detailed and useful info provided. When using the
efax approach described, is there any record available anywhere
that tells you whether or not the fax was successfully sent or not?
Options to retry if the number is busy ?
There are return codes from 'efax' which tell you what transpired:
0 The fax was successfully sent or received.
1 The dialed number was busy or the modem device was in use. Try
again later.
2 Something failed (e.g. file not found or disk full). Don’t retry.
Check the session log for more
details.
3 Modem protocol error. The program did not receive the expected
response from the modem.
The modem may not have been properly initialized, the correct -o
options were not used, or a
bug report may be in order. Check the session log for more
details.
4 The modem is not responding. Operator attention is required.
Check that the modem is turned
on and connected to the correct port.
5 The program was terminated by a signal.
I guess one would have to handle the return codes appropriately in
the perl script.
This, and much more information on the capabilities of 'efax' are all
to be found in the 'man pages': type 'man efax' into the Terminal
window.
HTH
