[Asterisk-Users] Static Config?

[David Gomillion]

One more important thing to note: you can issue a restart when
convenient (or type rest<tab>w<tab><tab> if you're lazy like me).  This
waits until the channels are free (correct me if I'm wrong).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steven Critchfield
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:01 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Static Config?
> 
> On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 12:37, Storm D. J. Petersen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to asterisk.  After fiddling a bit I got it to work. It
seems
> great.
> > One question though, is it possible to configure asterisk when it is
> > running?  i.e. add new phones or do you have to restart it every
time
> you
> > want to make changes?
> 
> Depends on the type of changes you do. Changes to the dialplan are
easy
> and can be made with the reload command. Some services in asterisk
> reread their config on each call so as to have the newest copy to use
> all the time. Some changes need a restart. I think the zapata channels
> require a restart. Of course if you are changing them, you probably
are
> in the middle of either hardware changes or initial setup, so
restarting
> isn't as inconvenient. I'm not sure about the VoIP drivers and how
they
> handle the configs as I haven't needed to worry about them of late.
> --
> Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
> 
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