Beeper script for mgetty

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On Thu, 12 Oct 1995, Alex Noordergraaf wrote:

> On Oct 12, 10:38am gert@greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering) writes:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Alex Noordergraaf wrote:
> > > This isn't 100 percent mgetty related, but has anyone developed
> > > a script that beeps you when a fax is received?  I _really_
> > > don't want to write one myself if someone else has.....
> > 
> > Just do a simple "new_fax" script that "echo"s a ctrl-G to /dev/console.
> > Should beep fine.
> 
> Whops - I guess I should have explained a little bit better.  I need
> a script that will call me beeper when a fax comes in.  I need to work
> in a lab which is not on the internet and have to know when a new
> fax arrives on my HP.  The script has to handle calling the 800
> number for Skypage and then dealing with the prompts....
> 

Alex,
I think this is very specific to your beeper company. The best way to go 
is to use the new_fax script as Gert said, but have it call a script 
which dials your beeper. This can be easily done using kermit with a 
script, or even chat (which comes with pppd on Linux).

Success...

Gavrie.

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