Re: flexfax: command-line HylaFAX client for DOS or NT?

[Tim Rice <tim@trr.metro.NET>]

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Carl Patten wrote:

> 
> The goal is to have text/postscript files generated on my Windows NT 4.0
> Terminal Server Edition box be faxed automatically from HylaFAX running on
> my SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 box.  I've tried using WHFC, OLE, and a Perl script
> running on the NT box using the "at" scheduler service.

How about setting up a VisionFS or Samba share on the SCO box, store
the text/postscript files there and have a cron job pick those up
and pass them to sendfax.

Check the archives, I think people have done this before with Samba.

> 
> The problem is that I've found WHFC has far too many issues
> (registry/permissions/crashes) with Terminal Server to be run automatically.
> All I need is a tiny NT or DOS command-line client to send fax files to the
> HylaFAX server.  Does such a beast exist?  Could I compile something using
> existing source as a base?
> 
> Thanks for any help.  I've fought this for two months and am at my wit's
> end.
> 
> --
> Carl Patten
> Systems Administrator
> Trimodal Inc.
> 
> 

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