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

["Stefan Unterhofer" <stefan.unterhofer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That helps alot, thank you very much!

2008/8/12 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-----
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> [mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stefan Unterhofer
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:58 AM
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> 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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