Re: [Asterisk-java-users] Help with the "!" CLI command via Manager CommandAction.

[Stefan R. <sr...@re...>]

Karien Du Preez wrote:
> Hi.
>=20
> I'm trying to excute a normal shell command like "ls" via the Manager
> API using the CommandAction.
>=20
> If I type in "! ls" in the CLI command line on asterisk I get a
> directory print out.
[...]
> Why is this the case?

I think this is due to the fact that ! simply escapes to the shell you
used to connect to the asterisk server. So if you are connected through
the Manager API there is no shell to escape to.

> Can someone please help?

Probably the simplest way is not using the Manager API to run unix
commands on Asterisk but stick to ssh. Maybe something like JSch
(http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/)

=3DStefan

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