callerid variable

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> In vgetty's call_program, I'm not sure.  If it is exported at all, it
> will be in $CALLER_ID.  I think Marc Schaefer has sent patches to Marc
> Eberhard for exporting the caller ID to voice scripts as well, but I'm
> not sure off my head whether they have already been integrated.
> 
> (CALLER_ID is what is used for programs called from login.config).

Thanks, that's enough to play with :)
> 
> > PS. I have successfully written a series of simple shell scripts that
> > will act as a switchboard.  Depending upon the caller's callerid, the
> > switchboard will send it to different greetings -- including one which
> > will just hang up.  IE, you can personalize your messages to different
> > people.  If anyone is interested in this, please let me know.
> 
> Sounds good.  If it isn't too customized for your personal use, and if
> it's documented well enougth that people won't start asking *me*
> questions about it, I'll happily include it into the docs.  (But be
> warned - this will generate heaps of e-mail to you, I'm sure of it! :) ).

I'll definitely have to do some work on documentation and making it
vanilla. I think it is a pretty cool, if simple, system.  I will also
include a script for playing the voicemails, checking who called today
and for compiling a phonebook of everyone who has called.  Give me a
week or two to package it.


Dan