[asterisk-dev] Check if channel exists

[Johan Wilfer]

I need to get a channel name to be able to use the ChannelRedirect 
application. The group function doesn't provide this, it is however 
handy for a lot of other things.

Thanks anyway...
/Johan

Julian Lyndon-Smith skrev:
> Have a look at the GROUP function.
>
> Julian
>
> Johan Wilfer wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> I'm in need of a application / function that check if a channel is
>> active or not. The functionality already exists in "core show channel
>> <name>" and "sip show channel <name>", but I have not found any function 
>> / application that does the trick. Does anyone have a similar need that 
>> I should consider? Any other way to deal with this?
>>
>> I thinking about a function ChanActive(channel) that returns true/false 
>> or ChanInfo(channel,item) like sipchaninfo. If I'm the only one with 
>> this particular need I will implement the first one.
>>
>> Another related question (maybe user-ish, sorry): I've tried to
>> understand in witch cases a channel can change it's name (Manager Rename 
>> event). I'm I correctly assuming that this happens only when bridging to 
>> another channel? Or are there other cases that I should be aware of?
>> Is this documented somewhere?
>>
>> Greetings
>> Johan
>>
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