Re: Expanding my answering-machine system

Sorry, Joshua, I don't understand. One's a filename, one's an extension 
number. How are they the same? In other words, why would 
'enter-ext-of-person' be considered a filename? I would think 
'enter-ext-of-person' would be an extension number.


On 6/17/2023 7:27 PM, Joshua C. Colp wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 7:48 PM Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     OK, this is how I thought it's supposed to work. It just
>     confounded me why the book would say the Playback() and
>     Background() syntax were the same, then in the very next paragraph
>     give an example that belied that claim.
>
>
> The syntax is the same. They both take a filename. The example gave a 
> filename of "enter-ext-of-person". You could pass that to Playback, 
> though you would be unable to enter an extension.
>
> -- 
> Joshua C. Colp
> Asterisk Project Lead
> Sangoma Technologies
> Check us out at www.sangoma.com <http://www.sangoma.com> and 
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>

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