You must have started asterisk with "asterisk -c" so you cannot bail out of CLI with exit -- you are in console mode. Instead, start it without -c so it respawns another service process and exits to shell, after that you can run "asterisk -r" and bail out with "exit" all you please ;-).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Kedrovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "asterisk-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:41 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] exit > Talk about a stoopid question... > > How do I exit the CLI of Asterisk. Typing "exit" (per the pdf manual and > my google results) brings up a message saying QUIT and EXIT are no > longer available, that STOP NOW is used to shutdow the pbx. > > I do not want to shutdown the pbx. I just wanna get outta the CLI and > back to my Linux command line. > > Gosh... I feel like a 1st grader that can't get my fly open to take a > pee. > > -Greg > > -- > Mutt 1.4.1i on Slackware 9.1 Linux > Curridabat, San Jose, Costa Rica > http://www.greg-and-sue.com/screenshot.jpg > Yahoo Instant Messenger ID: gregkedro > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users