Re: [hylafax-users] How can I copy the .tif image file of the fax to a local directory?

[A J Stiles <hylafax_resp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 26 Aug 2010, PhyloGenesis wrote:
> I want to automatically make a copy of an image fax file on my local system
> whenever I receive a fax.  I've been trying to edit faxrcvd to do it but it
> doesn't seem to even execute my commands.  I tried commands like cp $1
> /home/phylogenesis/ to make a copy of the file but after receiving a fax
> (and running faxstat indicates that I have mail), I don't see any new file
> in /home/phylogenesis.  I've read that you can edit faxrcvd to move it to
> your local system but I can't find any examples or explanations on how.

If you are running Hylafax in a chroot environment, then it will only ever be 
able to save files within the chroot.

There might be a way out of this using hard links, which transcend chroots  
(but do not transcend filesystems).  (Symbolic links transcend filesystems 
but not chroots.)

-- 
AJS
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