---
name: "faxinfo"
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/faxinfo/8hylafax"
---

# faxinfo(8hylafax)

print information about a received facsimile

## NAME

faxinfo - print information about a received facsimile

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/sbin/faxinfo** \[ **-n** \] *file.tif*

## DESCRIPTION

*faxinfo* prints descriptive information on the standard output about a received facsimile file. For example:

```
/var/spool/hylafax/recvq/fax00017.tif:
    Sender: +14159657824
     Pages: 3
   Quality: Normal
      Page: North American Letter
  Received: 1996:01:19 13:51:02
TimeToRecv: 0:39
SignalRate: 14400 bit/s
DataFormat: 2-D MR
```

This information is typically included in the notification mail generated by the *faxrcvd*(8C) script when a facsimile is received by *HylaFAX*.

The **-n** option suppresses the printing of the filename.

## NOTES

The information that *faxinfo* prints is obtained from the tags stored in the TIFF image that is written by the *HylaFAX* software. If  *faxinfo* is presented with an invalid  TIFF image it may print uninteresting information. Similarly if a TIFF image that was not written by *HylaFAX* is supplied as an argument then only partial information may be printed—this is because *HylaFAX* stores certain information in private tags that other  TIFF writers may not emit.

## SEE ALSO

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