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Configuring the software
XFAX - User’s Guide 4.3a 9
3. Configuring the software
The behavior of XFAX is mainly controlled by a number of keywords used in the
configuration file, config. You can alter the way XFAX acts by modifying config
and then restart faxmaster. You restart the faxmaster by finding the process id,
kill the process and then start the daemon again. Do not use the –9 option when
killing the faxmaster process.
3.1 Keywords
To use a new keyword in the configuration file add the keyword, preferably at
the end of the file, and then restart faxmaster.
Examples of some useful keywords:
DIAL_PREFIXDial prefix, for example "0" to get out through a PBX
INIT_STRINGInitilisation string for modem
XON_XOFFSpecifies XON/XOFF flow control is to be used
FLOWFLOW=0 specifies do not try CTS/RTS flow control
EXECUTE_AFTER_SENDSpecify a program to be executed after transmission
MAX_RETRIESMaximum number of tries to send a message
RETRY_TIMETime, in minutes, between tries
ROUND_ROBINUsed with multiple modem devices
There are more than 100 different keywords used by XFAX.
3.2 Environment variables
A couple of environment variables can be used to change the behavior of XFAX:
XFAXDIRSpecifies where the XFAX config file is located, normally /etc/xfax.
XFAXCONFIGSpecifies an alternate config file to use. Must specify the file-
name including the complete absolute path.
XFAXIDSpecifies for faxsend which id to use, this is displayed in the page
header.
XFAXLICENSESpecifies an alternate XFAX licence file to use.
Example, in Bourne shell:
XFAXCONFIG=/etc/xfax/config2
export XFAXCONFIG