fax from SAP (NT) to Linux

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:37:41 +0100


Hi,

On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 11:57:30PM +0100, R.Slagter wrote:
> Sorry I ask
> 
> but i can not find the sample scrips in "frontends"

So did you get the source package? There's a subdirectory "frontends/"
that contains subdirectories "windows", "winword", "winword2" and some
other interesting stuff.

> is it also posible that mgetty spool directly from a Novell queue
> SAP print now to a Novell print queue
> is it possible that mgetty pick up the jobs an send them with Linux

Sure.  You just have to write some glue scripts on the Linux side that
will accept the print job out of the normal print queue ("if=..." in
/etc/printcap), grab out the phone number (use the existing scripts for a
start) and hand the fax off the faxspool.

gert

> 
> tx Roland
> 
> 
> 
> Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> schreef in berichtnieuws
> 20000103231530.G11628@greenie.muc.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 09:04:22PM +0100, R.Slagter wrote:
> > > Gert thanx for answer
> > >
> > > Number is by example <030-1234567>
> >
> > If it really appears that way in the final document, using one of the
> > sample scripts should be fairly easy.
> >
> > gert
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> schreef in berichtnieuws
> > > 20000103200010.L249@greenie.muc.de...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 04:46:18PM +0100, R.Slagter wrote:
> > > > > > linux server has 3 modems with a Queue working with mgetty+sendfax
> > > > > >
> > > > > > is it possible to print from SAP (NT) to a linux server string
> like
> > > > > > \\linuxfaxserver\fax
> > > >
> > > > Should be.  Depends on the way the client programs put the fax number
> > > > into the files - see the samples in the mgetty source in "frontends/".
> > > >
> > > > gert
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