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| author | file <file@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2009-11-13 17:19:59 +0000 |
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| committer | file <file@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2009-11-13 17:19:59 +0000 |
| commit | 393351fa2ca92301c969a34e8affd750a443c529 (patch) | |
| tree | b3ca8f03e9d087f3d72e98b961f7f261d99ddb6e /apps | |
| parent | 453e484c25fe19aa44d94182f8fb2feb8670f372 (diff) | |
Document a limitation in the AVAILSTATUS variable from ChanIsAvail and provide
a workaround for it that does not change existing behavior.
(closes issue #14426)
Reported by: macli
git-svn-id: http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4@229965 f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b
Diffstat (limited to 'apps')
| -rw-r--r-- | apps/app_chanisavail.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apps/app_chanisavail.c b/apps/app_chanisavail.c index c6931d8db..f089392ea 100644 --- a/apps/app_chanisavail.c +++ b/apps/app_chanisavail.c @@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ static char *synopsis = "Check channel availability"; static char *descrip = " ChanIsAvail(Technology/resource[&Technology2/resource2...][|options]): \n" "This application will check to see if any of the specified channels are\n" -"available. The following variables will be set by this application:\n" +"available. Note that the AVAILSTATUS variable is used for both device state\n" +"and cause code. It is therefore possible for it to give a value that may\n" +"indicate a device is available when it is not. It is suggested that the\n" +"AVAILORIGCHAN variable is used instead to see whether a device is available\n" +"or not.\n" +"The following variables will be set by this application:\n" " ${AVAILCHAN} - the name of the available channel, if one exists\n" " ${AVAILORIGCHAN} - the canonical channel name that was used to create the channel\n" " ${AVAILSTATUS} - the status code for the available channel\n" |