12-29-2004
How do I dial a number from the terminal window?
Hi Folks,
Just for the record: I am a Mac User.
But I believe my question is a simple UNIX FBSD question.
My problem: I need to learn how to "pick up" the telephone line and dial a number from an Unix shell or shell script execution.
My modem is at /dev/cu.modem
Why I need it?
I have an eletronic circuit in my office that is talking to a program in my computer. In case something goes wrong in the circuit, I would like my computer to dial me at my cell phone.
I have succesfullly done it using the efax command, using an AppleScript that accesses a shell via "do shell script blah, blah, blah". In fact the script tries to send me a fax at my cell phone.
I believe that there should be an Unix command built into my system that would let me to do this simple task.
Thanks for your help,
Bernardo Höhl - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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faxanswer
FAXANSWER(8) System Manager's Manual FAXANSWER(8)
NAME
faxanswer - tell a HylaFAX server to answer the telephone
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/faxanswer [ -q queue-dir ] [ -h how ] modem
DESCRIPTION
faxanswer sends a message to the HylaFAX faxgetty(8) process servicing modem telling it to answer the telephone. This is useful, for exam-
ple, when a modem is used on a shared phone line and the server is configured to not normally answer the phone.
The specified modem can either be the name (typically the last component of the terminal port the modem is attached to), or the full name
of the associated FIFO named pipe file, e.g. ``FIFO.ttym2''.
OPTIONS
-q dir Use a spooling area other than /var/spool/hylafax.
-h Specify exactly how the phone should be answered. By default, the server process is instructed to answer the phone and accept
any kind of call (voice, data, fax). Discrimination of the type of call is dependent on a modem's adaptive-answer support. The
-h option can be used to force the server to answer the phone for particular type of call: one of fax, data, voice, any, extern
(to force faxgetty to invoke an external application to to handle the call), or dialX (where X is a dialstring to dial before
initiating a fax reception). If using dialX, the specified dialstring will likely need to end with a semicolon (``;'').
FILES
/var/spool/hylafax default spooling area
/var/spool/hylafax/FIFO fifo for contacting faxq
Consult hylafax-server(5) for a complete discussion of the structure and content of the spooling area.
SEE ALSO
hylafax-server(5), faxgetty(8)
May 23, 1996 FAXANSWER(8)