[Asterisk-Dev] .call-file handling suggestion

[Eric Wieling]

Steve Kann wrote:

> Daniel Nyström wrote:
> 
>> I would suggest making Asterisk not only look for .call-files, but 
>> also make sure it's chmod +x before acting!
>> That would make it easy to create files, and when finished, chmod +x 
>> to make Asterisk handle it.
>> Why? Because in this manner, u can make the "outgoing" dir writable to 
>> specific users which only has the permissions to create .call-files.
>>
>>  
>>
> How is this different than making a file called foo.call.tmp, and then 
> renaming it foo.call when it's ready to go?

Asterisk will process any file of any name that exists in 
/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing.  It does not have to have a .call extension.