cnd-program doesn't work

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Hi,

On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 10:11:51PM -0500, Paul Miller wrote:
> > Well, how many rings have you configured?  If you tell mgetty "wait for 99
> > rings", 5 won't be sufficient...
> 
> I had it configured for 10 rings.  You're saying that it won't run the
> program unless 10 rings have been reached?  I though the cnd-program was
> only to decide if the call should be answered or not and the rings was
> for went mgetty tries to answer the phone.

mgetty (up to 1.1.19) will wait for the number of RINGs, then look at the
caller ID file, then run cnd-program, and then answer the phone (or refuse
the call).

This is in most circumstances the correct solution - if you want to wait
for 10 RINGs, and the phone stops after 3 RINGs, there is no need to run
an external program if you're not going to answer *anyway*, is it? - In
your scenario, this won't work, but 1.1.20 will use a different approach
for exactly that reason...

gert
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