NAME
notify - HylaFAX user notification script
SYNOPSIS
bin/notify qfile why jobtime pid number [ nextTry ]
DESCRIPTION
bin/notify is the command script invoked by the facsimile
server to notify a user about the status of an outbound
job. The default notification script sends the appropri-
ate user electronic mail describing the event or action.
The arguments are:
qfile the pathname of the job description file.
why a string that specifies why the user is being
notified; one of:
Why Notes Meaning
done job was completed successfully
failed - = job was not completed
rejected - job was rejected for specified reasons
blocked job is blocked by concurrent jobs
requeued = job was not completed, but was requeued for retry
removed job was deleted from the queue
killed - job was deleted from the queue
timedout - job could not be sent after repeated attempts
format_failed - conversion of POSTSCRIPT failed
no_formatter - the POSTSCRIPT to facsimile conversion program was not found
poll_rejected a polling request was rejected by the remote side
poll_no_document a polling request failed because nothing was available
poll_failed a polling request failed for an unknown reason
- Any pages that were not sucessfully transmit-
ted should be returned to the sender.
= A transcript of the failed communication is
returned to the sender with the transcript(8C)
command.
jobtime the total transmission time of a successful job
or the connect time of a failed request (passed
as a string).
pid the process identifier of the HylaFAX process
that processed the job (used for locating commu-
nication transcripts).
number the canonical phone number of the destination.
nextTry the time (passed as a string) at which the next
attempt will be made to complete the job. This
parameter is passed only if why is ``requeued''.
NOTES
The following programs may be invoked to return unsent
documents to the sender: tar(1), uuencode(1), and
compress(1). Which programs and the exact format is site
dependent.
FILES
/var/spool/fax spooling area
bin/transcript for returning communication transcript
/usr/lib/sendmail for delivering mail
SEE ALSO
faxq(8C), transcript(8C), hylafax(5F), sendq(5F)
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