asterisk users - Sep 2007 - . (period): Wildcard match; matches one or more characters

Hi List;

In the outbound, I read in the documents the Wildcard
match "by using the . (period)", but I did not
understand how Wildcard will work (like what)? As I
know that Wildcard is a term used with the Diguim TDM
card (FXO and FXS), so what is the relation between
such cards and the matching in the dial plan?

Any help?

Regards
Bilal


     
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bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> In the outbound, I read in the documents the Wildcard
> match "by using the . (period)", but I did not
> understand how Wildcard will work (like what)? As I
> know that Wildcard is a term used with the Diguim TDM
> card (FXO and FXS), so what is the relation between
> such cards and the matching in the dial plan?
>
> Any help?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
>   
In your zapata configuration, you define what context that set of 
channels belongs to.  Whatever you specify is where an inbound call will 
enter the dialplan.

Thanks,
Steve

bilal ghayyad wrote:
> In the outbound, I read in the documents the Wildcard
> match "by using the . (period)", but I did not
> understand how Wildcard will work (like what)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcard_character
> As I
> know that Wildcard is a term used with the Diguim TDM
> card (FXO and FXS), so what is the relation between
> such cards and the matching in the dial plan?
There is no relation.

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Hello,

No, in this case wildcard means a symbol that stands for one or more 
unspecified characters, used especially in searching text and in 
selecting multiple files or directories. There is no relation with the 
card which is just a name.

PLL.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [asterisk-users] . (period): Wildcard match;    matches one or 
more characters
From: bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com>
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Date: 28/09/2007 07:55 a.m.
> Hi List;
>
> In the outbound, I read in the documents the Wildcard
> match "by using the . (period)", but I did not
> understand how Wildcard will work (like what)? As I
> know that Wildcard is a term used with the Diguim TDM
> card (FXO and FXS), so what is the relation between
> such cards and the matching in the dial plan?
>
> Any help?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
>
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An example similar to one that exists in many dialplans:

exten => _011.,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN})

which would match any international number as dialed from North America 
because, depending on what country you'd be calling, the number of 
digits after the 011 would differ.  As such, putting the period after 
the 011 says 'match 011 followed by one or more digits".  To use the 
wildcard characters, 'X', 'N', or '.',  I had to also
prefix my
extension with '_', which enables pattern matching.

Mojo

bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hi List;
>
> In the outbound, I read in the documents the Wildcard
> match "by using the . (period)", but I did not
> understand how Wildcard will work (like what)? As I
> know that Wildcard is a term used with the Diguim TDM
> card (FXO and FXS), so what is the relation between
> such cards and the matching in the dial plan?
>
> Any help?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
>
>      
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