So what you ant to do is FORK and kick the first proc into background.
You may be able to do this with the Local Channel... Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Biundo > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:24 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to do "asynchrononous" Dial? > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Sorry if my requirements weren't clear. I need a general > purpose "run this in the background" capability. The > voicemail was simply an example, and probably a bad one. I > want the Dial command to go off on a separate thread so the > main thread can continue. What happens in that second thread > is arbitrary. I'll deal with getting "data" in and out of > that second thread as appropriate - perhaps by dropping stuff > in a database or some other synchronization method. The key > is that while that second "background task" is executing, the > initial thread of execution doesn't block and can continue > running arbitrary Asterisk applications. > > > See sample.call in the Asterisk source directory and .call files on > > the Wiki. Sounds like you want Asterisk to call a person when a > > voicemail is left and allow the person to get their > voicemail during > > the notification call. > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
