Re: [hylafax-users] sendfax "Can not open file"

[Trevor Jenkins <trevor.jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Pedro <procadas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- Trevor Jenkins <trevor.jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > When I try to use sendfax from the command line the fax is not queued
> > for transmission. No matter what the options and file name given the
> > program returns immediately with the error message "Can not open
> > file". There is a prefix to the message, viz some part of one of the
> > options. For the command
> >
> > sendfax -s a4 -r "Test Transmission" -c "Test Transmission" -d "target
> > user@01234567890" fax-test.ps
> >
> > The full error reported is
> >
> > Transmission" Can not open file
> >
> > removing options until only the minimal command
> >
> > sendfax -s a4 -d "target user@01234567890" fax-test.ps
> >
> > is left and the error message is
> >
> > user@01234567890" Can not open file
> >
> > Me thinks something is screwed but as HylaFAX is clearly not returning
> > the correct filename or error message it is impossible to know what.
> >
>
> Nothing wrong with hylafax. Clearly, the sendfax
> command doesn't know where/what user@01234567890 file
> is.

There IS something wrong with HylaFX. If you bothered to read all the
details then you'd see that it isn't just the -d option's data that
may get included in the error message.

>
> > The file fax-test.pdf exists. I've tried it with a
> > text file version. Same
> > results.
>
> .pdf or .ps? But it doesn't matter, if you insist
> using "" to pass arguments to sendfax where they are
> not expected.

I beg to differ. The man page for sendfax clearly has quotes for many of
the options i used in my test.

Regards, Trevor

<>< Re: deemed!


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