Re: [Astlinux-users] My Custom TTS Ulaw Sound Files Delete on Reboot of Thin Client Running Astlinux

[Cody A. <ald...@gm...>]

Lonnie,

It works. I did as you said, and then I put the files back in
/var/lib/asterisk/custom-sounds that did already exist as that is where I
kept putting them. The /mnt/kd/custom-sounds did not exist before I did the
mkdir. I checked. I made the directory, then I used the CLI to mount a
flash drive and put the ulaw files back in
/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom-sounds. They remained this time after a
reboot. I don't understand persistent directories yet. When I use winSCP to
look at the tree structure, I see the same directories repeated under /stat
and /tmp for /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom-sounds and other directories.
I am not fully understanding Linux directories yet. The book I'm reading is
not great at explaining Linux either.

Thank you for the help!


-Cody

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...>
wrote:

> Hi Cody,
>
> Yes, AstLinux uses "tmpfs" (RAM based) file storage for some paths.  The
> official persistent storage path is /mnt/kd/ and below is always saved
> across reboots.
>
> For the special case of Asterisk sound files, we offer a useful symlink to
> a /mnt/kd/custom-sounds directory if it exists.
>
> This is what I suggest you do from the CLI ...
> --
> mkdir /mnt/kd/custom-sounds
>
> service asterisk stop
> service asterisk init
> --
>
> With this the /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom-sounds path points to
> /mnt/kd/custom-sounds, so if you had a sound file /mnt/kd/custom-sounds/greeting.ulaw
> you could reference it via the Asterisk dialplan as
> "custom-sounds/greeting.ulaw".
>
> You can also add additional directories in /mnt/kd/custom-sounds/ say
> /mnt/kd/custom-sounds/tts/ as such you could reference sound files as
> "custom-sounds/tts/greeting.ulaw".
>
> Clear ?
>
> Lonnie
>
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2017, at 8:28 AM, Cody Alderson <ald...@gm...> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I used TTS to make some custom prompts for an extension that plays
> humorous TTS files based on day and time. When I reboot the thin client
> Astlinux is running on, the directory remains but the files are deleted. I
> used the CLI to make the directory and move the files I made into it.
> Everything works fine until a reboot, and then those files in that
> directory are gone. Would someone please advise me as to what I am doing
> wrong? Keep in mind that I am an Asterisk and Linux novice.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > -Cody Alderson
>
>
>
>
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