The file
etc/xferfaxlog contains information about inbound and outbound activities.
The file contains one line per inbound or outbound call
(except for facsimile documents retrieved by polling in which
case multiple entries may be present for a single call).
Lines are fixed-format,
tab-separated ASCII strings.
Each record of a facsimile transmission is of the form:
The following describes the fields in the above records:
date
The date and time of the transaction in the format
"MM/DD/YY HH:MM", where
MM is the numeric month,
DD the numeric day,
YY the last two digits of the year, and
HH:MM is the time in 24-hour format.
commid
The communication identifier for the call.
modem
The device identifier for the modem that was used to do the send or receive.
jobid
The job number for outbound calls.
jobtag
The client-specified job tag for outbound calls.
sender
The sender/receiver's electronic mailing address
(facsimile receptions are always attributed to the ``fax'' user).
dest-number
The phone number dialed for outgoing calls.
TSI
The Transmitter Subscriber Identification string (as received) for
incoming calls.
CSI
The Caller Subscriber Identification string of the remote machine
(as reported) for outgoing calls.
local-number
The local phone number on which the data was received.
params
The negotiatated facsimile session parameters
used for transferring data encoded as described below.
#pages
The total number of pages transferred.
jobtime
The duration of the session; in the format
HH:MM:SS.
This time includes setup overhead and any time
spent cleaning up after a call.
conntime
The time spent on the phone; in the format
HH:MM:SS.
This should be the time used by the PTT to calculate usage charges.
reason
A string that indicates if any problem occured during the session.
CIDName
The received CIDName value for the session.
CIDNumber
The received CIDNumber value for the session.
owner
The login name of the job owner.
Note that fields may have embedded blanks.
Session parameters are encoded as a decimal number that contains
a packed set of Class 2 session parameter values.
The format is: 2 bits for vertical resolution, 3 bits for signalling rate,
3 bits for page width, 2 bits for page length, 2 bits for data format,
1 bit for ECM use, 1 bit of BF use, and 3 bits for the min scanline time.
The page counts are always integral numbers.
Partial pages that are to be retransmitted are not included
in the page count.
The simple
ASCII format was designed to be easy to process with programs like
awk(1) .
NOTES
The sender field does not necessarily represent the submitter's
actual identity. For example, it reflects the value given by
the
sendfax(8) ``-f'' option. Be cautious that this field is not utilized
for auditing if the fax user base is not trusted.
BUGS
The date format will ``break'' in the year 2000.
Information should be recorded on a per-page basis for facsimile
communications.
