sendsms(1) gnokii sendsms(1)NAMEsendsms - command line tool to send SMSes using gnokii
SYNOPSISsendsms [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTIONsendsms allows you to send a SMS using gnokii not knowing the syntax of
gnokii command. It is written using dialog and allows to send a text
SMS choosing recipients from the phone address book or entering it man‐
ually.
OPTIONS
Available options:
[--debug|-D]
May bother with more debugging messages. For debugging purpose.
--simul[ate], -S
Simulation mode. Doesn't really send SMS by phone. Only simu‐
lates. For debugging purpose.
--forceSMread, -s
Forces sendsms to read phonebook from SIM card, and to parse the
generated file in order to update the numbers' list (useful only
if required to pickup number from the phone's memory). See NOTE.
--forceMEread, -m
Forces sendsms to read phonebook from phone memory, and to parse
the generated file in order to update the numbers' list (useful
only if required to pickup number from the phone's memory). See
NOTE.
--skipgnokiicheck, -K
Skip the test of the presence of binary 'gnokii'. (It must be
somewhere in your $PATH). It allows you to try this script pro‐
gram, even if you don't have 'gnokii' already. ;)
--smsset, --setsms
Allows you to preset a SMS message from STDIN. (pipe or input
redirection). This message will be proposed on the 'SMS mes‐
sage' field during the program input cycle.
--help, -h, /h
display this help and exit
--version, -V
output version information and exit"
NOTE: If you require to pickup number from phone's memory (or from SIM
card), for the first time, it anyway reads phonebook from your
mobile phone. (It may take a while... please, be patient ;-)
BUGS
None reported.
AUTHOR
Sendsms was written by Gabriele Zappi - Rimini <gzappi@inwind.it>.
This manual page was written by Pawel Kot.
COPYING
This program is distributed under the GNU Public License.
SEE ALSO
gnokii
Pawel Kot August 29, 2003 sendsms(1)
