[asterisk-users] Can't read environment variable

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 01:38:48PM +0100, Joost Kuif | Mobillion wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I can't read a environment variable in a asterisk dialplan. 
> When logged in as user root on the system an 'echo $HOSTNAME' gives the
> hostame of the machine.
> Asterisk (1.4) is started from the same console.
>  
> I try to read it like this:
> exten => s,n,NoOp(host=${ENV(HOSTNAME)})
>  
> Does anyone know what i am missing?

Is that variable set?

  cat /proc/PID_OF_ASTERISK/environ | tr '\0' '\n' | grep ^HOSTNAME=

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