allow semicolons to be escaped in call files (issue #5407)

git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@6742 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sample.call b/sample.call
index 38fae5fed..750ef4ddf 100755
--- a/sample.call
+++ b/sample.call
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #
 # This is a sample file that can be dumped in /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing
-# to generate a call.  Obviously, you MUST specify at least a channel in
-# the same format as you would for the "Dial" application.  Only one
-# channel name is permitted.
+# to generate a call.  
+#
+# Comments are indicated by a '#' character that begins a line, or follows
+# a space or tab character.  To be consistent with the configuration files
+# in Asterisk, comments can also be indicated by a semicolon.  However, the
+# multiline comments (;-- --;) used in Asterisk configuration files are not 
+# supported.  Semicolons can be escaped by a backslash.
+#
+
+# Obviously, you MUST specify at least a channel in the same format as you
+# would for the "Dial" application.  Only one channel name is permitted.
 #
 Channel: Zap/1
 #