On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 5:25 AM Hartmann, O. <ohartm...@walstatt.org> wrote:
<snip> and not at /pool/logging/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/... as we would > expect. But > ommiting the "(!)" tag > > [directories] > astspooldir => /pool/logging/var/spool/asterisk > > results in the desired behaviour! This is weird. Where can I find some > informations about > the usage of the "(!)" in this context? As far as I know, the "(!)" marks > a stanza as > pristine/unique and is not to be expanded by other stanzas (or objects, > I'm not so > familiar with the variaty of semantics ...). I derive this from my > knowledge taken from > the syntax/semantics of extensions configuration. > The use of (!) means it is a template[1][2] for use by another context. It can also be used as a way for a context to be put into a configuration file, but not actually used until removed. > > > Another problem, as the subjects may state, is to have additional sounds > alongside the > default ones. > > The default sounds shipped with the FreeBSD port of Asterisk are located at > /usr/local/share/asterisk/sounds/en. We'd like to stay with any default, > since the > directory configuration pointing to the top level directory of sounds is > > [directories] > astdatadir => /usr/local/share/asterisk > > The installation image of asterisk is changing from time to time due to > updates. The > additional configurations should be kept outside the default paths, but > sounds are > located as a subdirectory adjacent with a lot of other default directories > I'd like to > keep as they are. > > For voicemail and other purposes we need other languages, German > (de_DE/de), French (fr) > and so on. We'd like to put those additions into different directories, > maintaining them > separately and leave the original folders untouched. > > Does Asterisk provide a mechanism to expand/searches directories? > I'm not aware of any current method to do that, everything gets searched in the sounds directory from what I know of. > I tried to study the example/sample configuration files but I coul not > find a hint how to > explicitely set the directory (absolute, relative) for sounds in a defined > stanza (the > "[...]" thing i.e. in etc/voicemail.conf and so on). > Applications/functionality don't allow individual configuration of paths like this, they rely on the global configuration. [1] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Template+Syntax [2] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Using+Templates -- Joshua C. Colp Asterisk Technical Lead Sangoma Technologies Check us out at www.sangoma.com and www.asterisk.org
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