August 2007
Intermediate to advanced
608 pages
20h 33m
English
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Name
Pickup() — Answers a ringing call from another phone
Synopsis
Pickup(extension[@context][&extension2[@context2][...])
Picks up any ringing channel that is ringing the
specified extension. If multiple extensions
are specified, Pickup() will
retrieve the first matching call found. If no
context is specified, the current context
will be used.
There is also a special context name
of PICKUPMARK. If specified,
Pickup will find the first ringing
channel with the channel variable PICKUPMARK set, with a value corresponding
to the value of extension.