General syntax

Asterisk configuration files are defined as follows:

• 	[section]
  	label = value
  	label2 = value
  

In some files, (e.g. mgcp.conf, dahdi.conf and agents.conf), the syntax is a bit different. In these files the syntax is as follows:

• 	[section]
  	label1 = value1
  	label2 = value2
  	object => name
  
  	label3 = value3
  	label2 = value4
  	object2 => name2
  

In this syntax, we create objects with the settings defined above the object creation. Note that settings are inherited from the top, so in the example above object2 has inherited the setting for "label1" from the first object.

For template configurations, the syntax for defining a section is changed to:

• 	[section](options)
  	label = value
  

The options field is used to define templates, refer to templates and hide templates. Any object can be used as a template.

No whitespace is allowed between the closing "]" and the parenthesis "(".