isdntel(8)
NAME
isdntel - isdn4bsd telephone answering management utility
SYNOPSIS
isdntel [-a aliasfile] [-d spooldir] [-p playcommand] [-t
timeout]
DESCRIPTION
- The isdntel utility is used to provide an "answering ma
- chine" functionality for incoming telephone voice messages.
- The following options are supported:
- -a Use aliasfile as the pathname for an aliasfile con
- taining aliases
- for phone numbers. The default path is
- /etc/isdn/isdntel.alias.
The format of an alias entry is the number string - followed by one
or more spaces or tabs. The rest of the line is - taken as the
alias string. Comments are introduced by a leading - blank, tab or
"#" character. - -d Use spooldir as the directory where the incoming
- voice messages
- are stored by the "answ" script called by isdnd(8).
- This
defaults to the directory /var/isdn. The format of - a voice message filename is:
YYMMDDhhmmss-dest_number-source_numberlength_in_secs - -p Use playcommand as the command string to execute for
- playing a
- voice message to some audio output facility. The
- characters %s
are replaced by the currently selected filename. - The default
string is ``cat %s | alaw2ulaw >/dev/audio''. - -t The value for timeout specifies the time in seconds
- the program
- rereads the spool directory when there is no key
- board activity.
- The screen output should be obvious. If in doubt, consult
- the source.
SEE ALSO
i4btel(4), isdnd.rc(5), isdnd(8)
AUTHORS
- The isdntel utility and this manual page were written by
- Hellmuth
Michaelis <hm@kts.org>.
BUGS
- Still two or more left.
- BSD July 11, 1998