Re: flexfax: problems with faxrcvd script...

[Josh Duncan <duncan@msmd.com>]

Hello,

hmm... your comment on it being in bin(and then needing a
bin/<shell-script>) made me think.  I remembered that this is a chroot'ed
system we're running here.  That makes me think that my running
/home/path/to/my/home/directory/bin/<shell-script> won't work.

Methinks Iwill have to move my scripts and try it again(in the morning)  I
will keep you all updated, of course, thanks for all the feedback :)
(one thing though--if my shell script is running in a chroot'ed system, i
won't be able to copy files out from it to the regular file systems,
right?(I had thought this would be a problem, 20 seconds more thought
tells me I can symlink into it from the outside world. nevermind,
question answered by self))

cheers all,
Josh


On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Hong Kong Observatory wrote:

> Hello Josh :
> 
>     I also required to process the incoming FAX such as converting to
> other format, updating WEB pages etc. . I did similar thing as what you
> did and it works. I put my stuff near the beginning of 'faxrcvd'. Here is
> exectly what I did :
> 
>     #
>     # Check the sender's TSI and setup to dispatch
>     # facsimile received from well-known senders.
>     #
>     SENDER="`$INFO $FILE | $AWK -F: '/Sender/ { print $2 }' 2>/dev/null`"
> 
>     # Check for CLK fax input  K.S.Wat 06-Feb-98
>     if [ -f etc/ckCLKfaxinput ]
>     then
>        . etc/ckCLKfaxinput
>     fi
>     #
> 
>     # Check for MTC FAX input
>     if [ -f etc/ckMTC ]
>     then
>        . etc/ckMTC
>     fi
> 
>     SENDTO=
>     if [ -f etc/FaxDispatch ]; then
>         . etc/FaxDispatch       # NB: FaxDispatch sets SENDTO based on $SENDER
>     fi
> 
>     I added my stuff after setting the SENDER variable so that my scripts
> can process input based on sender. Also note that the working directory of
> the script 'faxrcvd' is the FAXSPOOL directory, if you put your script in
> the same directory as 'faxrcvd' then you should insert the line
> 'bin/your_script'.
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Josh Duncan wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Well, I did as you all told and looked into the faxrcvd script to post
> > process incoming faxes.  i thought it should be weasy to do what I wanted
> > to do, but alas no.
> >
> > what i need to do is insert three lines, one line to copy the incoming tif
> > file to a temporary directory, one to do conversion on it(by adding a line
> > to execute a shell script) and a third line to execute a shellscript to
> > create a web page index.
> >
> > now, I thought the best place to put it would be after all the mail stuff
> > for a successful mreciept.  that is, the faxrcvd script would mail the
> > user saying hey it worked, then my scripts woudl run and convert the tif
> > to a pdf, and then make a web index of all recieved pdfs.
> >
> > so here's where i looked to put it:
> >
> >          echo ""
> >          $FAX2PS $FILE 2>/dev/null
> >          echo ""
> >          echo "--$MIMEBOUNDARY--"
> >         ) | 2>&1 $SENDMAIL -ffax -oi $SENDTO
> >     fi
> > ---my stuff inserted here-----
> > else
> >     #
> >     # Generate notification mail for a failed attempt.
> >     #
> >
> >
> > now, i put my three lines there, but nothing gets executed.  all the mail
> > still works just fine, but nothing that I have added works correctly.  so
> > then i tried putting my stuff closer to the "front" of the faxrcvd script,
> > right here:
> > if [ -f $FILE ]; then
> >     #
> >     # Check the sender's TSI and setup to dispatch
> >     # facsimile received from well-known senders.
> >     #
> > ---mine go here---
> >     SENDER="`$INFO $FILE | $AWK -F: '/Sender/ { print $2 }' 2>/dev/null`"
> >     SENDTO=
> >     if [ -f etc/FaxDispatch ]; then
> >
> >
> > again, everything from the default works, as far as email goes, but
> > nothing i have added gets executed.
> >
> > anyone have any ideas on how i am supposed to do this?  I could have sworn
> > I understood shell scripts, and the syntax of this shell script in
> > particular, but this has got me totally stumped.
> >
> > if this is an easy solution, my apologies in advance for any wasted
> > bandwidth.
> >
> > also, thanks in advance, for any help you can give me.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > ----
> > Josh Duncan
> > duncan@msmd.org
> >
> > God's like Comet(TM), nothing cleans better.
> >
> >
> 
> K.S.Wat SSA(D)12
> Computer Division,
> Hong Kong Observatory.
> 
> 

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Josh Duncan
duncan@msmd.org

God's like Comet(TM), nothing cleans better.