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Date:      Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:39:54 +0000
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        anubis <anubis357@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?
Message-ID:  <20040122193954.GC55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200401221923.52422.anubis357@optusnet.com.au>
References:  <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200401221923.52422.anubis357@optusnet.com.au>

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On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1000, anubis wrote:
: We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold service 
: for our pabx.  
: 
: Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron job to list all files 
: in the ftp directory and start playing them.  People can listen while on hold 
: or we can listen in on the loudspeaker on the phone.
: 
: There are plenty of command line driven players out there I am sure.

Why a cron job to play them?  Why not just ssh in and run it that way?


jm
-- 
My other computer is your Windows box.



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