Steal

Synopsis

Channel independent call stealing. Just like pickup but for answered channels.

Description

 Steal([group])

Tries to steal the first bridged channel with callgroup == group.
If called without the group argument, the pickupgroup of the channel will be used.

Related applications

• PickUp: Mostly channel independent; part of BRIstuff patch
• PickUpChan
• PickDown

See also

• app_intercept by www.pbxfreeware.org: Intercept an unanswered call
• Asterisk config features.conf: Place to configure call pick-up
• BRIstuff
• Asterisk callgroups and pickupgroups
• Pickup2, PickDown2 and Steal2 for Asterisk 1.0 and Asterisk 1.2
• AGX Extra Addons for Asterisk contains Pickup2 for Asterisk 1.4, no patching or bristuff is required.

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