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diff --git a/comms/efax/DESCR b/comms/efax/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..647645396ab --- /dev/null +++ b/comms/efax/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and receives faxes +using any fax modem (Class 1, 2 or 2.0). + +efax is smaller and easier to install than HylaFAX or mgetty+sendfax. +As one user put it ``EFAX is a nice simple program for single user +systems.'' + +The ``fax'' command, a shell script, lets you send, receive, view and +print faxes. In larger systems, faxes can be sent by printing to a +``fax'' printer and received faxes can be e-mailed as MIME attachments +to an administrator for distribution. efax can also pass incoming +data calls to a getty program. + +The efax package includes ``efix,'' a program to convert between +various image file formats. To fax Postscript files you will need +Ghostscript. To view faxes you can use any program that displays PGM +files. efix can convert received files to Postscript or HP Laserjet +formats for printing. + +efax is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. |