Well I just downloaded and compiled efax, a unix fax software that lets you send, receive, view and print faxes. 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.
After compiling I tried running it as is. Here is what the terminal spit to me:
efax: 10/31/01 21:46:25 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 10/31/01 21:46:25 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 46:25 compiled 10/31/01 21:41:10
efax: 46:25 Error: can't open serial port /dev/modem: No such file or directory
efax: 46:25 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error)
Is it trying to look for the serial port at the wrong place (I am really new to programming for OS X)? If so, where should I point it to? If needed I could email the source to anyone that would like it.
After I can get a compiling commandline app, I will get started on a GUI frontend for it (it comes with a simple perl script for controlling it)
[EDIT: When trying this command, I got this:
efax -dev dev/tty.modem
efax: 10/31/01 22:11:28 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 10/31/01 22:11:28 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 11:28 compiled 10/31/01 21:41:10
efax: 11:28 Error: can't open serial port ev: No such file or directory
efax: 11:28 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error)
So, where is the proper modem device found?]
Ben
[ 11-01-2001: Message edited by: kupan787 ]
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