Re: [hylafax-users] Batch help?

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rortgiesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> tried this test command ->
> sendfax -d 667-0000 -d 667-0000 -d 667-0000 /etc/passwd
>
> this send 1 job, but the other 2 are "blocked"
>  

In order to ensure that these jobs batched you'd have to use a 
time-to-send setting that is in the future far enough that the last job 
gets queued before the time-to-send arrives.  Otherwise, the first job 
gets into the queue, and the server starts sending it before the client 
can even get the second one into the queue.  However, the above command 
will actually trigger a batch in some environments... depending on 
various things that influence the responsiveness of the server... but 
without a future time-to-send it's impossible to guarantee it.

> here are the actual production sendfax commands ->
>
> /usr/local/bin/sendfax -G -R -n -D -a 12:00 -f
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o Lab -d 14016670000
> /var/tmp/5117498439.pdf
> /usr/local/bin/sendfax -G -R -n -D -a 12:00 -f
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o Lab -d 14016670000
> /var/tmp/5117206733.pdf
> /usr/local/bin/sendfax -G -R -n -D -a 12:00 -f
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o Lab -d 14016670000
> /var/tmp/5117502553.pdf
> /usr/local/bin/sendfax -G -R -n -D -a 12:00 -f
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o Lab -d 14016670000
> /var/tmp/5117489045.pdf
> /usr/local/bin/sendfax -G -R -n -D -a 12:00 -f
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o Lab -d 14016670000
> /var/tmp/5117502554.pdf
>
> So my "assumption" was that these would be sent together at 12:00 or did I
> get something mixed up?
>  

In this case you are using a future time-to-send, and so if these jobs 
are not batched then there is some other problem involved.  Do these not 
batch?  If not, then please check /var/spool/hylafax/info/14016670000 
for SupportsBatching.

Lee.


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