[Asterisk-Users] Monitor does not like variable subsitutions

[Jim Van Meggelen]

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> There is no colon the filename below.

Exactly. But there *is* (or rather *was*) in the filename you told it
you wanted to write.

Where'd it go?


> --- 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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