[Asterisk-Users] Include Text file in Dial Plan

[Steven Ringwald]

Forrest Beck wrote:
>
> Is there a way to include a search of a text file in the dial plan?
>
>  
>
> I am trying to think of a good way to keep a sort of Blacklist file 
> that is checked against before letting a call through.  If the 
> callerid is listed in the file, it will go to Hangup()
>


 From http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+extensions.conf


    One big file or several small?

With the *#include <filename>* statement in extensions.conf, other files 
are included. This way you can setup a system where extensions.conf is 
the main file, *users.conf* contain your local users, *services.conf* 
contain various services, like conferencing. This way, the dial plan may 
be easier to maintain, depending on the size of your setup. The 
*#include <filename>* statement is *not* the same as the *include 
<context>* statement. The *#include* statement works in all Asterisk 
configuration files 
<http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=asterisk+config+files>.