Re: [hylafax-users] How does hylafax write incoming faxes to the disk?

["Siri Vias Khalsa" <sirivias.khalsa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefan - 

The best way to do this kind of integration is to have hylafax execute a
script upon the completion of the fax. This way you don't have to worry
about checking to see if it is complete.

The FaxRcvCmd option in the modem config file specifies a script to run
on the fax completion. Usually you would use a copy of the faxrcvd
script, and insert your code at the very end of that script.

It can be as simple as copying or moving the tif file to a particular
folder, or as sophisticated as converting it to a pdf, uploading it into
your application along with details such as the fax number called, the
modem it came in on, the TSI of the remote fax and the length and
bitrate of the fax.

The simplest change to your configuration would be to just put the
following code at the end of the faxrcvd-custom script:
mv $FILE /path/to/folder

and then have your poller check that folder. You wont have to check to
see if its complete, it wont be there until it is.

-Siri Vias

-----Original Message-----
From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefan Unterhofer
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:58 AM
To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hylafax-users] How does hylafax write incoming faxes to the
disk?

Hello,

I'm using hylafax in combination with a third-party client library to
integrate it in my company's software. I'm polling the server for new
faxes and download them, but, from time to time, the downloaded faxes
are truncated, e.g. when I have a 9 page fax, I get only 2 pages. (The
hylafax logs show that all pages of the fax have been received
successfully)

I tried to add a read delay, which takes the date provided by the LIST
command on the server and checks if the date exists for more than X
minutes (where X is the specified delay), but I still get truncated
faxes.

Can anyone please explain how hylafax writes the files to disk? Any
Ideas how I can get my client to read only completed faxes? Or am I
totally wrong?

Thanks,

Stefan Unterhofer


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