1SAFE_ASTERISK(8)           Linux Programmer's Manual          SAFE_ASTERISK(8)
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NAME

6       safe_asterisk — A wrapper to run the asterisk executable in a loop
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SYNOPSIS

9       safe_asterisk [ asterisk_params ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       safe_asterisk  is  a  script that runs asterisk in a loop, which can be
14       useful if you fear asterisk may crash.
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16       The script does not run in the  background  like  a  standard  service.
17       Rather,  it  runs in its own linux virtual console (9, by default).  It
18       also uses the option '-c' of asterisk(8) to  avoid  detaching  asterisk
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21       safe_asterisk  also  runs  asterisk  with unlimited core file size, and
22       thus asterisk will dump core in case of a crash.
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24       To get a "picture" of console 9, from another  terminal  (e.g:  from  a
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29       The init script of the Debian package should be able to run safe_aster‐
30       isk  as  the  asterisk  service,  if  so  configured.  See  coments  in
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35       /tmp
36              safe_asterisk runs in that directory, rather than in / as usual.
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39              If core files were generated there, they may be
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42              Files  in  this directory will be 'source'd by the safe_asterisk
43              script before it starts Asterisk proper, allowing  them  to  set
44              additional environment variables or run any other steps that are
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BUGS

49       While showing the output on a console is useful, using screen(1) as the
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52       The  script  does  not  read configuration from standard location under
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55       It uses fixed locations under /tmp , and thus may be exposed to a  sym‐
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SEE ALSO

60       asterisk(8), screendump(9)
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AUTHOR

64       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xor‐
65       com.com> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or  modify  this
66       document  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
67       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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69       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
70       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.
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74Asterisk                        Jun 30th, 2005                SAFE_ASTERISK(8)