[asterisk-users] how to flush user input before READ()

[Steve Edwards]

>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, Ethy H. Brito wrote:
>>>
>>>>> how to flush user input before READ()?

>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:38:52 -0800 (PST)
>> Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:

>>> How about a read() to a dummy variable with a 1 second timeout to 
>>> consume the octothorpe and password?

On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Ethy H. Brito wrote:

> To close the thread, the solution did "flush" the input as a side effect 
> of the short timeout.

If 1 second is too long, you could write an AGI to use the 'wait for 
digit' AGI command which allows the timeout to be specified in 
milliseconds.

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Thanks in advance,
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