IAXMODEM(1)

💖 IAXMODEM 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, we're reading the iaxmodem(1) page from the General Commands Manual together and it's honestly giving iconic utility energy 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

iaxmodem — a software modem with IAX2 connectivity 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

iaxmodem [configname]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so iaxmodem is a software modem with IAX2 connectivity, and the whole point of it is to hook fax software like HylaFAX or efax up to a PBX system like Asterisk. that's the vibe. that's the job. periodt 💜

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• no configname given — iaxmodem runs as a standalone daemon, and it spawns one process per config file it finds under /etc/iaxmodem/*. it's giving "i contain multitudes" fr fr 👑
• configname given — iaxmodem runs as a single soft modem using the configname you specified, which lives at /etc/iaxmodem/configname. one modem, one moment, main character energy 💅

ngl there's no -h, no --help, no fancy flags. you either pass a config name or you don't. that's the whole menu, bestie 🍓

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

iaxmodem was written by Lee Howard <faxguy@howardsilvan.com> 🫶

this manual page was written by Julien BLACHE <julien.blache@linbox.com> and contributed to the Debian project, but it may be used by others ✨

okay that's the whole page, no cap 💖 this was the IAXMODEM(1) page from the General Commands Manual, dated February 27, 2006 — slay, we're done here, go fax something 🌸🦋🎀