>> > I'm working on a solution using the Asterisk voicemail component and >> > wondered if anyone knew the answer to this question please? >> > >> > I understand that Asterisk saves voicemail to >> > /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/<context>/<mailbox>/INBOX/ but I >> > wondered if * creates the file in memory (or tmp/or wherever) and then >> > loads the completed file into that directory, or if it writes the file >> > to the directory directly, appending it till the recording is >> > finished? >> >> Sorry to reply to my own post! I notice a tmp directory at >> /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/<context>/<mailbox>/tmp/ I'm wondering >> if this is where the file is created, and then moved to the INBOX >> folder perhaps? > > That is exactly how it works. It is created with a random file name that is > guaranteed by the API to be unique, the messages are recorded there, then when > complete, the files are moved to the INBOX directory. This was initially done > to avoid the problem of mailbox owners checking voicemail while a voicemail > was being left. In certain cases, it would cause possible collisions when a > mailbox owner deleted a message while it was being recorded, which left orphan > (and incomplete) .txt files in the INBOX directory (since .txt files are > updated after the message is complete). > > -- > Tilghman > Thanks Tilghman, that's really helpful :-)
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