From 1f1102807266bfc1f53dbbd6a81771d31de1ea8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 09:24:12 +0700 Subject: network/efax: Added (send/receive fax). Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- network/efax/README | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 network/efax/README (limited to 'network/efax/README') diff --git a/network/efax/README b/network/efax/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ee8fe6c3efe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/efax/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and receives faxes +using any fax modem (Class 1, 2 or 2.0).* + +efax is smaller and easier to install than HylaFAX or mgetty+sendfax. +As one user put it "EFAX is a nice simple program for single user systems." + +The "fax" command, a shell script, lets you send, receive, view and print faxes. +In larger systems, faxes can be sent by printing to a "fax" printer and received +faxes can be e-mailed as MIME attachments to an administrator for distribution. +efax can also pass incoming data calls to a getty program. + +The efax package includes "efix," a program to convert between various image file formats. +To fax Postscript files you will need Ghostscript. +To view faxes you can use any program tha displays PGM files. +efix can also convert received files to Postscript or HP Laserjet formats for printing. + +This program has only a command-line interface. +If you need a GUI-based fax solution, install efax-gtk instead. + +*Any hardware-based fax modem, that is. If you have a "software modem," a so-called "Linmodem," +then you'll instead need to download the alpha version of efax and modify this SlackBuild script +accordingly. + +The alpha release can be found here: +https://www.cce.com/efax/download/efax-0.9a-001114.tar.gz -- cgit v1.2.3