[Freeswitch-users] Channel Variables with spaces

[Brian Engert]

I'll try that tomorrow and update the wiki!  is it only single quotes
or should double quotes work as well?



On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Brian Engert <lart2150 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to set a channel variable with a space in it when I run the
>> originate command.  The command only seems to work when I escape the
>> space with a \ however that backspace get's passed on.  Some examples
>> are
>>
>> originate {fax_ident=1231231234,fax_header=testing\
>> spaces}sofia/gateway/outbound.fax/1004 &txfax(/tmp/fax.tiff)
>> originate {fax_ident=1231231234,fax_header=testing
>> spaces}sofia/gateway/outbound.fax/1004 &txfax(/tmp/fax.tiff)
>>
>> The first one will go through just fine but the fax at the other end
>> gets "testing\ spaces" the second one gives me
>> "2010-01-12 16:35:18.41325 [ERR] switch_ivr_originate.c:990 Parse Error!"
>>
>> I think this could also be done as a profile but I would rather do it
>> from the call.  I've looked around the wiki and have not seen any
>> examples that use a space when doing the originate call.
>>
> I'll give you the answer if you promise to put it into the wiki. ;)
>
> Okay, use single quotes like this:
>
> originate {fax_ident=1231231234,fax_header='testing
> spaces'}sofia/gateway/outbound.fax/1004 &txfax(/tmp/fax.tiff)
>
> -MC
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