asterisk users - Jan 2016 - how to flush user input before READ()

On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:09:17 -0200
"Ethy H. Brito" <ethy.brito at inexo.com.br> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:38:52 -0800 (PST)
> Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, Ethy H. Brito wrote:
> > 
> > >> how to flush user input before READ()?
> > 
> > How about a read() to a dummy variable with a 1 second timeout to
consume
> > the octothorpe and password?
> 
> 
> It is an odd solution but i'll give it a try.
To close the thread, the solution did "flush" the input as a side
effect of the
short timeout.

Thank you mr. Edwards.

Cheers

Ethy

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> Thanx;
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> Ethy
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>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, Ethy H. Brito wrote:
>>>
>>>>> how to flush user input before READ()?
>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:38:52 -0800 (PST)
>> Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
>>> How about a read() to a dummy variable with a 1 second timeout to 
>>> consume the octothorpe and password?
On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Ethy H. Brito wrote:
> To close the thread, the solution did "flush" the input as a side
effect
> of the short timeout.
If 1 second is too long, you could write an AGI to use the 'wait for 
digit' AGI command which allows the timeout to be specified in 
milliseconds.

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:02:30 -0800 (PST)
Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com>
wrote:
> >>> How about a read() to a dummy variable with a 1 second timeout
to
> >>> consume the octothorpe and password?
> 
> If 1 second is too long, you could write an AGI to use the 'wait for 
> digit' AGI command which allows the timeout to be specified in 
> milliseconds.
If I understand it the OP has un-consumed input and is just looking for
the shortest possible time to read it.  Would a read with a timeout of
zero do the job or would Asterisk optimize away the call?

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