On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 12:19 +0100, Brian Blandford wrote: > I wanted to send a fax today and found I already had efax installed in > my Linux/Mandrake distro. > But trying to configure it to run from OOo has defeated me so far. > From the Help file on the subject I got as far as Install a New Printer > via spadmin, worked my way through the dialogues, and then hit this next > instruction: > > 'Enter a command line with which to communicate with the fax in the > following dialog. In the command line of each fax sent "(TMP)" is > replaced by a temporary file and "(PHONE)" by the telephone number of > the recipient fax machine. If "(TMP)" occurs in the command line, the > PostScript code is transmitted in a file, otherwise as standard input > through a pipe. Click *Next*.' > > What command line? Haven't a clue what to enter there. Checked the 2.0 > Help file - reads the same. And what is the translation of that last > sentence for people who think like me a pipe is either something that > brings your water into your house or something that people smoke? > > Brian B.
THe commandline is what efax needs to send the document. man efax should help you. As to what is a pipe in UNIX terminology, it is a mechanism whereby one program can connect it STDOUT to another program's STDIN. A basic Linux guide can give you details. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
