FAXQUIT(8)

✨ FAXQUIT(8) ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this little page from the System Manager's Manual is about to become your new obsession 💅

💖 NAME 💖

faxquit — the girl whose whole job is telling a HylaFAX server to terminate. like, politely. she walks in, she says "you're done here", she leaves. main character energy fr fr 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

/usr/sbin/faxquit [ -q queue-dir ] [ modem ]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: faxquit sends a message to a HylaFAX server process telling it to quit operation. that's it. that's the whole plot. ✨

if modem is specified, the faxgetty(8) process servicing that specified modem is the one getting notified 👑 and modem can be either:

• 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`

if no modem is specified? then faxquit sends the request to the `FIFO` named pipe file instead, which causes the HylaFAX queue manager process to terminate. no modem, no problem, the queue manager gets the news 🫶

⚠️ okay important, bestie, do NOT panic: server processes may not terminate immediately. and the big one — the faxq process will not exit until any active jobs are completed. this is necessary for proper operation, okay?? like, faxq has to wait for child processes to terminate so it can collect their exit status and update the state of the jobs being operated on. it's giving responsible queen. she's not leaving the party until everyone's home safe 😭💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -q dir — use a spooling area other than /var/spool/hylafax. you're not stuck with the default, go off 💜

🎀 FILES 🎀

• /var/spool/hylafax — the default spooling area 🌈
• /var/spool/hylafax/FIFO — the fifo for contacting faxq 🦋

and if you want the complete discussion of the structure and content of the spooling area, go consult hylafax-server(5). she has all the lore 📖✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• hylafax-server(5)
• faxq(8)
• faxgetty(8)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🥰 this was the October 3, 1995 era of FAXQUIT(8) — yes, the fax machine girlies were out here thriving in 1995 and honestly? iconic. periodt. 💖🎀🦋