[Asterisk-Users] Monitor does not like variable subsitutions

[Jason Goecke]

Hello,

There is no colon the filename below.

Jason

--- Jim Van Meggelen <jim at vanmeggelen.ca> wrote:

> You are using illegal characters in your file name.
> 
> See this line in your output?
> 
> > ast_writefile: No such format
> 'wav|rec_to_448704386865_at_16022005-16'
> 
> It can't get past it because the colon is not a
> valid filename
> character.
> 
> 
> 
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have been attempting to get the Monitor function
> to
> > accept a loal variable substitution in order to
> use
> > the same filename later in the same context. 
> Monitor
> > does not appear to like it, as it attempts to use
> > wav|filename as the recording type, as opposed to
> just
> > wav.
> > 
> > Here is what I get if I just supply a filename
> > directly (it works fine):
> > 
> > --context-----------------------------
> > exten => _9X.,3,Monitor(wav|recording|m)
> > --context-----------------------------
> > 
> > --CLI---------------------------------
> >     -- Executing SetVar("SIP/3004-275c",
> >
>
"REC_FILE_NAME=rec_to_448704386865_at_16022005-16:54:10")
> > in new stack
> >     -- Executing Monitor("SIP/3004-275c",
> > "wav|recording|m") in new stack
> >     -- Executing AGI("SIP/3004-275c",
> "outbound.agi")
> > in new stack
> > --CLI---------------------------------
> > 
> > Here is what I get when I attempt to to variable
> > substituion for the filename:
> > 
> > 
> > --context-----------------------------
> > exten =>
> >
>
_9X.,2,SetVar(REC_FILE_NAME=rec_to_${EXTEN:1}_at_${DATETIME})
> > exten => _9X.,3,Monitor(wav|${FILENAME}|m)
> > --context-----------------------------
> > 
> > --CLI---------------------------------
> >     -- Executing SetVar("SIP/3004-da21",
> >
>
"REC_FILE_NAME=rec_to_448704386865_at_16022005-16:56:35")
> > in new stack
> >     -- Executing Monitor("SIP/3004-da21",
> > "wav|rec_to_448704386865_at_16022005-16:56:35|m")
> in
> > new stack
> > Feb 16 16:56:35 WARNING[17028]: file.c:934
> > ast_writefile: No such format
> 'wav|rec_to_448704386865_at_16022005-16'
> > Feb 16 16:56:35 WARNING[17028]: res_monitor.c:154
> > ast_monitor_start: Could not create file
> > /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/m-in Feb 16 16:56:35
> > WARNING[17028]: res_monitor.c:300
> > ast_monitor_change_fname: Cannot change monitor
> > filename of channel SIP/3004-da21 to m, monitoring
> not
> > started    -- Executing AGI("SIP/3004-da21",
> > "outbound.agi") in new stack
> > --CLI---------------------------------
> > 
> > I do believe that I had this working before (I am
> > running the CVS HEAD from yesterday).
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