TAGTEST(8)

🌸 TAGTEST(8) — the tag line test drive bestie 💅

okay so this is tagtest, from the System Manager's Manual, and it's the HylaFAX tag line testing program. yes it's a section 8 page. yes it's iconic. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

tagtest — HylaFAX tag line testing program 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/usr/sbin/tagtest [ options ] input.tif

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so bestie, tagtest is literally the program you use to test the "tag line" support in the HylaFAX server. that's its whole thing. main character energy, honestly.

here's the vibe: you hand it a TIFF/F file (that's TIFF Class F, iykyk) and it generates a new TIFF/F file that's a copy of the input file, except — plot twist — it has sample tag lines imaged across the top of each page 🌈. so you can actually see what your tag line situation looks like before you commit.

there are options for specifying a tag line format string and a tag line font file. and if you don't specify either one? no worries, tagtest just uses its builtin defaults. periodt.

the whole point, fr fr, is that tagtest is designed for testing tag line format strings and fonts before they are configured for use by the facsimile server. test first, configure later. that's the self-care 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -f file — images the tag line format string using the Portable Compiled Font (PCF) in file. by default, tagtest looks for the font file fixed.pcf. 🎀
• -m format — uses format when imaging tag lines. if you don't pass this option, tagtest uses the format string From %%n|%c|Page %%p of %%t. yes, exactly like that, don't @ me 💖
• -o file — writes output to file. by default the output goes to the file t.tif. ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

faxsend(8), hylafax-config(5) 🫶

ok real talk, this is a testing tool — it's giving "try it before you ship it" and we love that for you 💜

and that's the whole page bestie!! this version is from March 3, 1995, and it lives under the TAGTEST(8) manual name. go forth and test those tag lines, you absolute legend 👑✨💅