[asterisk-dev] How to retrieve current time on hold?

[Russell Bryant]

----- Original Message -----
> I am interested in writing a script that can retrieve which extensions
> are currently on
> hold and how long they have been on hold for.
> 
> I see that from the CLI I can use "core show hints" to actually find
> which extensions have
> State:Hold and I can also use "core show channels" to trace what/where
> the channel/extension is connected.
> 
> I cannot however find a current hold time for how long an
> extension/channel has been on
> hold. I searched the mysql db but did not find the information (or
> just didn't know what I was looking for).
> 
> What command and/or where should I be looking to find this
> information? Maybe in a logfile somewhere?

This information does not exist anywhere in Asterisk.  The only way to do it is to watch state changes from a manager interface application track the times yourself.

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Russell Bryant
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