extensions_additional.conf

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Under the heading ext-miscdests I would like to add an extra line

exten => 2,2,Background(pls-hold-while-try)

so it looks like this

[ext-miscdests]
include => ext-miscdests-custom
exten => 2,1,Noop(MiscDest: Mobile)
exten => 2,2,Background(pls-hold-while-try)
exten => 2,n,Dial(Local/0123456789@from-internal,)
; end of [ext-miscdests]

How would I format the extra line in extensions_custom.conf so that it appears in the correct place

So that changes may be performed via Freepbx with out having to manualy add the line

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If you simply put the line into ext-miscdests-custom it will actually appear just where the include line is; but since the Noop line is exactly that, a No-Op line, the effect will be the same as if it had appeared where you show it.

It is an extremely risky business to modify extensions.conf and extensions_additional.conf manually, because then you have to remember to make that change everytime you update to a new release of FreePBx. So where it is not necessary, like here, don’t do it.

If there were actually a line after the include which does something, the easiest way would be to simply duplicate all relevant lines from ext-miscdests in ext-miscdests-custom as well, then the entire call gets handled there and in the right order. Better than modifying extensions_additional.conf.

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