      A FAX(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     FAX(1)        NAME      fax or faxps - send a fax     SYNOPSISA      fax -p phone [-m] [-h host] [-u user]  [-c]  [-r  recipient] &      [-s sender] [-S reply fax] [file]     DESCRIPTION A      The fax and faxps commands  sends  electronic  documents  as A      CCITT Group 3 faxes to the specified fax phone numbers.  One 9      or more phone numbers are given with the -p command.   A      The fax command sends text files,  which  are  converted  to 8      Postscipt using a local program (perhaps enscript).  A      The faxps command send a raw Postscipt file, which  is  con- @      verted to Group 3 fax format using the Ghostscript program.     OPTIONS Q      If no _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e is specified, fax and faxps reads the text of A      your document from the standard input.  The fax command will A      accept more than one file name.  The faxps command takes  at #      most a single Postscript file.   A      -p phone      Specify a recipient phone number for the  fax. 7                    One or more -p options can be given.   A      -m            Tells the system to mail you a notice when the A                    fax  has  been delivered to all recipients, or 7                    when the transmission has timed out.   A      -h host       Specifies the host for the fax  spooler.   The A                    environment  variable FAXHOST can also be used (                    to specify this host.  A      -u username   Specifies an alternative username for  queuing                     the job.   A      -c            Will create a coversheet, using  the  informa- A                    tion  specified  in  flags  that are described                     below.   A      -r name       Specify the recipient's name to appear on  the                     coversheet.  A      -s name       Specifies the sender's name to appear  on  the                     coversheet.  A      -S phone      Specifies the sender's return  fax  number  to       A Sun Release 4.1     Last change: 10 July 1991                   1             A FAX(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     FAX(1)       ,                    appear on the coversheet.     USAGE A      The phone number is  given  as  a  Hayes  modem  style  dial '      string. Valid dial characters are:       0-9 Numeric Digits       * # A-D Auxiliary Digits       T   Tone Dialing       P   Pulse Dialing5      ,   Pause for (S8) seconds, default is 2 seconds -      /   Pause 1/8 second in dialing sequence "      W   Wait for second Dial ToneA      In addition,  prefixing  the  phone  number  with  '@'  will A      suppress  the  number  from appearing in the faxq.  This can 2      help protect account and credit card numbers.     EXAMPLESA      To fax the text file foo.text  to  2  recipients,  with  the A      phone  numbers  212-555-1212  and  314-555-1212, and receive A      email notification when both faxes have been sent, issue the 
      command:   8      prompt> fax -p 2125551212 -p 3145551212 -m foo.text  A      To fax the  Postscript  file  foo.ps  to  123-4567,  with  a A      coversheet  which  has  "To:  Foo", "From: Bar", "Fax reply: !      777-7777" issue the command:   G      prompt> faxps -p 1234567 -c -r "Foo" -s "Bar" -S "777-7777" foo.ps   A      To send the standard input text to 123-4567 issue  the  com- 
      mand:        prompt> fax -p 123-4567     SEE ALSO0      faxq(1), faxrm(1), faxenq(8), faxspooler(8)                              A Sun Release 4.1     Last change: 10 July 1991                   2       