[asterisk-users] set global variable

[Richard Lyman]

Jan Fousek wrote:
> Hi all,
>  is there any possibility of setting the global variables from outside of asterisk?
> Like manager api or something like that.
>
> Thanks a lot
>
>   
not sure about current svn trunk,

but in the past you could set a channel var with

action: SetVar
channel: Zap/49-1
variable: SOMEVAR=SOMESTRING

but required a channel

action: GetVar will get channel or global vars

you should be able to easily mod manager.c to use ast_get_channel_by_name
code if channel is passed, and use pbx_builtin_setglobalvar otherwise.

sad thing is setvar is depeciated in favor of set.  (reminder, no clue 
what current svn trunk has)

i hope this helps