[asterisk-users] FW: Can you reload only one conf file?

[Anthony Francis]

Mike wrote:
> Ken,
>  
> You understood correctly.
>  
> For those who answered and didn't understand the need, I wanted to 
> reload automatically (based on some external event) part of my conf 
> file.  I only felt that since this was automatic, it would have been 
> better to limit this reloading to only the part that mattered as 
> opposed to the whole thing. For all I know, this could be triggered 
> while I am coding some new thing and could screw up my dialplan.
>  
> But I guess I won't be doing this.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Mike
>  
>  
>  
>
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> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken 
> Williams
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 09, 2007 22:01
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] FW: Can you reload only one conf file?
>
> I think you misunderstood the question Stephen.  I believe he's saying 
> he's got extension.conf & sub_extension.conf that's included.  You can 
> do a dialplan reload to reload both files, but for whatever reason he 
> only wants to load the sub_extension.conf.  Both are related to the 
> same module, one included in the other.
>  
> Clear as mud?
>
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> *From:* Stephen Bosch
> *Sent:* Thu 8/9/2007 7:40 PM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] FW: Can you reload only one conf file?
>
> Paul wrote:
> > Mike wrote:
> > 
> >>  
> >> In the interest of making things cleaner, I'd like to know if I can
> >> just reload one single conf file. Let's say I have two files,
> >> extensions.conf which includes small_file.conf.
> >>  
> >> I only want "small_file.conf" reloaded, not the main file.  Is this at
> >> all possible?    
> >>  
> >> Mike
> > 
> > Not possible without modifying the asterisk source code.
>
> Yes, it is possible.
>
> > asterisk*CLI> help reload
> > Usage: reload [module ...]
> >        Reloads configuration files for all listed modules which support
> >        reloading, or for all supported modules if none are listed.
>
> If you only want to reload configs for a specific module, just reload
> that module. Example:
>
> > asterisk*CLI> reload chan_sip.so
> >     -- Reloading module 'chan_sip.so' (Session Initiation Protocol (SIP))
> >  Reloading SIP
> >   == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/sip.conf': Found
> >   == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/sip_notify.conf': Found
> > asterisk*CLI>                                                             
>
> -Stephen-
>
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Reloads of .conf files do not happen automagically, so you wont have to 
worry about that, unless you are using realtime and making the change in 
the db, then the info for the exten is re-loaded with every call to that 
exten.

Anthony