POLLRCVD(8)

💖 POLLRCVD — like, the section 8 page bestie 💖

okay so you found POLLRCVD(8) in the System Manager's Manual and you're like "what is this" — don't worry, I got you, sit down, hydrate 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

pollrcvd — the HylaFAX script that delivers a facsimile you received by polling 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

/var/spool/hylafax/bin/pollrcvd mailaddr faxfile devid commid error-msg

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bin/pollrcvd is the command script that the HylaFAX server runs literally every time a facsimile comes in because of a polling operation. that's its whole job. main character behavior fr fr 👑

the default script delivers the facsimile to the user who submitted the poll request by electronic mail (yes, email, we love her), and you can control what it does by editing the etc/PollDispatch shell script in the spooling area — because pollrcvd sources that file when it runs. cute, right?

and here's the arguments, in order, no cap:

• mailaddr — the electronic mail address of the user that submitted the poll request 📧
• faxfile — the pathname of the received TIFF file, relative to the root of the spooling hierarchy
• commid — the communication identifier associated with the call (this is what gets used to include a transcript when an error occurs, so it's lowkey important)
• devid — the modem device on which the document was received
• error-msg — an error message that is non-null if an error was encountered during the receive operation 😭

🌸 NOTES 🌸

the default script delivers facsimile as PostScript wrapped in MIME. that's the vibe. periodt ✨

🧚 FILES 🧚

• /var/spool/hylafax — the spooling area
• /usr/sbin/faxinfo — for printing information about the facsimile
• /usr/bin/fax2ps — for converting TIFF to PostScript
• /usr/lib/sendmail — for delivering mail

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

faxq(8), hylafax-server(5), recvq(5)

and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and poll 💖✨🦋

this one's from the System Manager's Manual, dated May 12, 1996, and it goes by POLLRCVD(8). iconic, honestly. 🎀👑