---
name: "faxabort"
section: "8hylafax"
platform: "linux"
package: "hylafax-server"
version: "1:4.1.1-3.1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/faxabort/8hylafax"
---

# faxabort(8hylafax)

tell a HylaFAX server to abort a receive

## NAME

faxabort - tell a *HylaFAX* server to abort a receive

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/sbin/faxabort** \[ **-q** *dir* \] *modem*

## DESCRIPTION

*faxabort* sends a message to a *HylaFAX*  *faxgetty*(8C) process servicing *modem* telling it to abort any active receive operation.

The specified *modem* can either be the name (typically the last component of the terminal port the modem is attached to), or the full name of the associated  FIFO named pipe file, e.g. \`\`FIFO.ttym2''.

Note that to abort a send operation the [*faxrm*(1)](/faxrm/1.md) command must be used.

## OPTIONS

- **-q** *dir*

  Use a spooling area other than */var/spool/hylafax*.

## NOTES

On some systems it is not possible to abort a received facsimile because of problems in the operating system; on such systems the message sent by  *faxabort* will be (silently) ignored.

## FILES

```
/var/spool/hylafax	default spooling area
/var/spool/hylafax/FIFO	fifo for contacting faxq
```

Consult *hylafax-server*(5F) for a complete discussion of the structure and content of the spooling area.

## SEE ALSO

*hylafax-server*(5F), *faxq*(8C), *faxgetty*(8C)