Trying to debug why a script doesn't run

I’ve got a script that I call from a custom destination. I’m trying to debug why it isn’t being called by the custom destination anymore. I’ve tried turning agi debugging on (because the logs show the script being called, then nothing else at all relating to the script) but that doesn’t seem to show anything helpful related to the script. Any thoughts most welcome!

cheers

Logs of the failure would come in handy.

Sorry, indeed they would! :slight_smile: I linked to them above but didn’t make it clear that’s what I was linking to!
They’re here and below

[2019-09-30 20:48:36] VERBOSE[24346][C-00000063] pbx.c: Executing [dest-3@customdests:2] Gosub("SIP/31-00000034", "domyothercommand,s,1()") in new stack
[2019-09-30 20:48:36] VERBOSE[24346][C-00000063] pbx.c: Executing [s@domyothercommand:1] System("SIP/31-00000034", "/home/asterisk/sendanemail.sh") in new stack
[2019-09-30 20:48:36] VERBOSE[24346][C-00000063] pbx.c: Executing [s@domyothercommand:2] Return("SIP/31-00000034", "") in new stack

So you are saying the script executes fine if you run it directly from command line?

How about adding a dot in front of the directory path in your dial plan to indicate that you are executing a shell script.

I am saying that, yes. I’ll try a dot in front and report back.

Is the script executable by the Asterisk user?

yep both owner and group is asterisk. What’s weird is that this worked before! I tested it thoroughly before implementing it and now it’s silently failing

So now I get

[2019-10-01 15:42:14] VERBOSE[26687][C-000000a5] pbx.c: Executing [dest-3@customdests:1] NoOp("PJSIP/20-000001e8", "Entering Custom Destination domyothercommand") in new stack
[2019-10-01 15:42:14] VERBOSE[26687][C-000000a5] pbx.c: Executing [dest-3@customdests:2] Gosub("PJSIP/20-000001e8", "domyothercommand,s,1()") in new stack
[2019-10-01 15:42:14] VERBOSE[26687][C-000000a5] pbx.c: Executing [s@domyothercommand:1] System("PJSIP/20-000001e8", "./home/asterisk/sendanemail.sh") in new stack
[2019-10-01 15:42:14] WARNING[26687][C-000000a5] app_system.c: Unable to execute './home/asterisk/sendanemail.sh'

This time the script doesn’t proceed to play the announcement, so this time at least it’s aware it’s failed on some level.

There seem to be quite a few threads about scripts silently not working, so I tried a tip from one of them, to see if it would help me. It hasn’t. Just posting here for info.

[domyothercommand]
exten => s,1,TrySystem(/home/asterisk/sendanemail.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &)
exten => s,n,Return

Do you have anything in the mail logs?

If it doesn’t work you can use system and the mail command to send an email.

hi, I’d be very interested in this, as I’ve again just called the script directly from the console using bash and it instantly worked. I’ll see if I can find out how to send an email from asterisk. Thanks!

Try this instead:

TrySystem(. /home/asterisk/sendanemail.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &)

The ‘dot space’ means “feed me to the default shell”.

Did you try putting a noop or an answer as the s,1? I’ve seen that without free of these it can sometimes cause issues.

Thank you - that did the trick - bizarrely that dot space wasn’t needed a few days ago, which led me to believe all was working reliably - cue red face when certain thing didn’t happen when they should have! Anyway working again now, for now! Shouldn’t the previous none dotted solution have triggered some kind of warning or error?
Thank you!

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