On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 06:54:13PM +0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all,
Thanks to you all for your help. I just found how to do the job. The way I found it was $ "apropos fax" which gave me among others the result: efix $ efix -o tiffraw inpufile > outputfile finally got me the fax in normal tiff format. Thanks for being around friends. Mettavihari > Hi Jacobs, > > > > How can I read this incoming fax ? > > Make sure you installed the mgetty-viewfax rpm, and then run > > /usr/bin/viewfax from an xterm. > > Thanks a lot for your info. > > I understand from the "info mgetty" that faxes are in G3 format when saved > in the /var/spool/fax/incoming/ > > I would like to view them on a Win-doze machine using some Win program. > Do you know how I can do that. > > My system is networked with Linux and all others using Win98 > > I could get it onto their machine either by mailing it to them > as an attachment - put them on the public samba partition or something > like that. > The conversion from G3 format to Win Fax format is what I like to know. > > I have tried to simply rename them to .fax or .tiff as they might be able > to read the format but that does not work. > > Gary mentioned that they are usually in .tiff format, but it looks like > mgetty is generating another format. > > I use mgetty to answer all my modems and I am quite happy with that > program. It has a very useful info file system. > I only could not find anything about Linux=>win > > Thanks you for your help > > Mettavihari -------------------------------------------- A saying of the Buddha from http://metta.lk/ -------------------------------------------- >From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear; for him who is wholly >free from endearment there is no grief, whence fear? Random Dhammapada Verse 212 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
