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diff --git a/asterisk.8 b/asterisk.8 index d03c7873e..6831d0fa8 100755 --- a/asterisk.8 +++ b/asterisk.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "ASTERISK" "8" "17 May 2005" "asterisk 1.0" "" +.TH "ASTERISK" "8" "18 October 2005" "asterisk 1.2" "" .SH NAME asterisk \- All-purpose telephony server. @@ -20,22 +20,25 @@ asterisk \- All-purpose telephony server. provides Private Branch eXchange (PBX), Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Automated Call Distribution (ACD), Voice over IP (VoIP) gatewaying, Conferencing, and a plethora of other telephony applications to a broad -range of telephony devices including packet voice (SIP, IAX, MGCP, Skinny, +range of telephony devices including packet voice (SIP, IAX2, MGCP, Skinny, H.323) devices (both endpoints and proxies), as well as traditional TDM hardware including T1, E1, ISDN PRI, GR-303, RBS, Loopstart, Groundstart, ISDN BRI, and many more. .PP -Asterisk reads most of its configuration files from configuration files -located in /etc/asterisk. Virtually all aspects of the operation of -asterisk's configuration files can be found in the sample configuration -files. The format for those files is generally beyond the scope of this -man page. +At start, Asterisk reads the /etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf main configuration +file and locates the rest of the configuration files from the configuration +in that file. The -C option specifies an alternate main configuration file. +Virtually all aspects of the operation of asterisk's configuration files +can be found in the sample configuration files. The format for those files +is generally beyond the scope of this man page. .PP When running with \fB-c\fR, \fB-r\fR or \fB-R\fR options, Asterisk supplies a powerful command line, including command completion, which may be used to monitors its status, perform a variety of administrative actions and even explore the applications that are currently loaded into the system. +.PP +Asterisk is a trademark of Digium, Inc. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB-C \fIfile\fB\fR @@ -49,6 +52,10 @@ asterisk to no longer fork or detach from the controlling terminal. .TP \fB-d\fR Enable extra debugging statements. + +Note: This always sets the debug level in the asterisk process, +even if it is running in the background. This will affect the size +of your log files. .TP \fB-f\fR Do not fork or detach from controlling terminal. @@ -70,7 +77,8 @@ socket, the asterisk database, etc. Provide brief summary of command line arguments and terminate. .TP \fB-i\fR -Prompt user to intialize any encrypted private keys during startup. +Prompt user to intialize any encrypted private keys for IAX2 +secure authentication during startup. .TP \fB-M \fIvalue\fB\fR Limits the maximum number of calls to the specified value. This can @@ -122,7 +130,11 @@ Increase the level of verboseness on the console. The more times Specifying this option implies \fB-f\fR and will cause asterisk to no longer fork or detach from the controlling terminal. This option may also be used in conjunction with \fB-r\fR -and \fB-R\fR +and \fB-R\fR\&. + +Note: This always sets the verbose level in the asterisk process, +even if it is running in the background. This will affect the size +of your log files. .TP \fB-V\fR Display version information and exit immediately. @@ -147,7 +159,9 @@ Bug reports and feature requests may be filed at http://bugs.digium.com .PP *CLI> \fBhelp\fR - Help on Asterisk CLI .PP -*CLI> \fBshow applications\fR - Show loaded applications +*CLI> \fBshow applications\fR - Show loaded dialplan applications +.PP +*CLI> \fBshow functions\fR - Show loaded dialplan functions .PP http://www.asterisk.org - The Asterisk Home Page .PP |