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diff --git a/1.4.23-rc4/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk.8 b/1.4.23-rc4/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk.8 deleted file mode 100644 index ebd95142a..000000000 --- a/1.4.23-rc4/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -.TH SAFE_ASTERISK 8 "Jun 30th, 2005" "Asterisk" "Linux Programmer's Manual" -.SH NAME -.B safe_asterisk -\(em A wrapper to run the asterisk executable in a loop -.SH SYNOPSIS -.PP -.B safe_asterisk -.I [ asterisk_params ] - -.SH DESCRIPTION -.B safe_asterisk -is a script that runs asterisk in a loop, which can be useful if you -fear asterisk may crash. - -The script does not run in the background like a standard service. Rather, -it runs in its own linux virtual console (9, by default). -It also uses the option '-c' of asterisk(8) to avoid detaching asterisk -from that terminal. - -safe_asterisk also runs asterisk with unlimited core file size, and thus -asterisk will dump core in case of a crash. - -To get a "picture" of console 9, from another terminal (e.g: from a -remote shell session) you can use: - - screendump 9 - -The init script of the Debian package should be able to run safe_asterisk -as the asterisk service, if so configured. See coments in -/etc/default/asterisk - -.SH FILES -.B /tmp -.RS -safe_asterisk runs in that directory, rather than in / as usual. -.RE - -.B /tmp/core -.RS -If core files were generated there, they may be -.RE - -.B /etc/asterisk/startup.d -.RS -Files in this directory will be 'source'd by the safe_asterisk script before -it starts Asterisk proper, allowing them to set additional environment variables -or run any other steps that are needed for your system. -.RE - -.SH BUGS -While showing the output on a console is useful, using screen(1) as -the terminal may be better. - -The script does not read configuration from standard location under /etc - -It uses fixed locations under /tmp , and thus may be exposed to a -symlink attacks. - -.SH SEE ALSO -asterisk(8), screendump(9) - -.SH "AUTHOR" -This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com> -Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under -the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any -later version published by the Free Software Foundation. - -On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public -License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. |