[asterisk-users] Running a script after Dial() ?

[Steve Edwards]

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Ben Dinnerville wrote:

(Referring to the environment variables available to the shell Asterisk 
creates to execute the command specified in the mixmonitor() application.)

>> I get a somewhat minimal set of standard shell environment variables 
>> (BASH*, HOSTNAME, PWD, TERM, etc) including the same PATH environment 
>> variable I passed to Asterisk when it was started.
>>
> That just means that you cant rely on environment variables in the 
> script that you execute and you must make sure your script is fully 
> aware of anything it needs to know about itself. IE, dont rely on a path 
> being setup and enter full paths to all commands / executables or any 
> other variables and explicitly define them in the script - no different 
> to running jobs from Cron etc that dont have a full shell environment.

I don't understand your conclusion.

The HOSTNAME is the host name, the PATH is the PATH I specifically passed 
to Asterisk -- what can't be relied upon?

Similar to the PATH environment variable you can set in your crontab -- 
it's there for a reason -- so you can use it.

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Thanks in advance,
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