[asterisk-users] Question regarding keywords in sip.conf/users.conf

[Rob Hillis]

Barry L. Kline wrote:
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> Rob Hillis wrote:
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>> Unfortunately RealTime isn't going to be an option - it's another level 
>> of configuration I want to avoid, but more importantly since I'm 
>> planning on being able to run these scripts on an Astlinux install, 
>> there won't always be a MySQL database available.  If worst comes to 
>> worst, and the extra configuration included in sip.conf becomes a 
>> problem, I'll move it to another text-based config file - not my 
>> preferred option (since I'd like to keep everything close-to-hand) but 
>> not a major problem since I'm likely to need a separate config file for 
>> global configuration options anyway.
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> You could still store them in sip.conf, just make each line a comment.
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> e.g.:
> ;[myentry]keyword=value
> ;[myentry]keyword=value
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> You could then search for ;[myentry] for your keywords and strip them
> off when you write out the real entries.
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I did think of that, but the idea of using something that's actually a 
comment as configuration seems fraught with danger - not to mention it 
being an awful hack.