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IfI(
value,
operator,
value,
mailbox)
 
Import, file{
file}
Information mailboxesM(
greeting[#
mailbox],
repetition,
delay)
 
IVR%I(
field,
msg_no [,
mailbox])
 
Languages, changeL(
file)
 
LengthLEN[
string]
 
Letters and spacesP
[
repetition](A,
string[,
hangup])
 
LIGHT.ON
See also message waiting indicators.
X
[(
file)
]
 
Y
[(
file)
]
 
Z
[(
file)
]
 
MenuM(
greeting[#
mailbox],
repetition,
delay)
 
Messages%I(
field,
msg_no[,
mailbox])
Messages, by numberP
[...

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Message count, new for current user%N
Message waiting indicator, creatingX
[(
file)
]
 
Message waiting indicator, deletingY
[(
file)
]
 
Message waiting indicator, testing forZ
[(
file)
]
Message waiting indicators, on/offKA(
on_off)
MoneyP
[
repetition](
amount,
currency[,
hangup])
 
Name and extensionP
[
repetition](U
[,
mailbox[,
hangup]])
 
P
[
repetition](N
[,
mailbox[,
hangup]])
 
Notification record, Method field@
Notification record, Variable fieldP
[
repetition]...

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Pauses-
,
 
W
(n)
PesosP
[
repetition](
amount,P
[,
hangup])
 
Playing, absolute valueP
[
repetition](
number,N
[,
hangup])
Playing, currencyP
[
repetition](
amount,
currency[,
hangup])
 
Playing, dateP
[
repetition](
date,D
[,
hangup])
 
Playing, disk spaceP
[
repetition](D)
 
Playing, DTMF digitsP
[
repetition](R)
 
P
[
repetition](
DTMF)
 
Playing, greetingP
[
repetition](
greeting[,
mailbox[,
hangup]])
 
Playing, menuM(
greeting[#
mailbox],
repetition,
delay)...

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Playing, voice fileP
[
repetition](X,
file[,
hangup])
 
PortsS(
port,
[
string,
[
variable],
[
termination],
[
length],
[
timeout])
 
Ports, change volume^(
volume_change)
 
Port, current connect time%T
Port number, current%C
Port, transfer code for current%X
Previous mailbox%P
PromptP
[
repetition] (
prompt_no,V
[,
hangup])
L(
file)
 
Pulse dial~
Questions and answersQ(
{
greeting[#
mailbox][,E
]})
 
Read, file{
file}
N(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
V(
file,...

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Search, file?(
line,
file,
mailbox)
N(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
V(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable}[,
n]
KV(
file,
field,
value)
 
Search, stringKI(
target,
source,
variable)
 
Security codeKC(
mailbox,
variable)
 
KL(
mailbox,
security_code)
 
KP(
mailbox,
security_code)
 
Serial port accessS(
port,
[
string,
[
variable],
[
termination],
[
length],
[
timeout])
 
Set Name%F(
field[,
mailbox])
 
ShutdownKS
[(
errorlevel)
]
 
Sound volume, change^(...

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Time, connect time%T
Time, current%Z
Timed break recall~
Tokens, processing@
Tones012
345
678
9AB
CD*#
Total messagesP
[
repetition] (M
[,
mailbox[,
hangup]])
 
Transfer code for current port%X
Transfer, unsupervised (blind)[
ext_no]H
Transfer, supervisedext_no
ext_noKM
Transferring to specified mailboxG(
mailbox)
 
Mailbox accessKC(
mailbox,
variable)
 
KL(
mailbox,
security_code)
  
KP(
mailbox,
security_code)
 
Mailbox, current%U
Mailbox, Extension field of current%E...

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Mailbox, total message count%M
[(
mailbox)
]
Mailbox, value of field%F(
field [,
mailbox])
Variable fieldP
[
repetition](V)
 
%V
Variables[(
file)
 
](
file)
 
|(
file)
 
+(
variable[,
value])
 
=(
variable,
value[,
start,
end])
 
%G0 %G1 %G2 %G3 %G4
%G5 %G6 %G7 %G8 %G9
%S0 %S1 %S2 %S3
%S4 %S5 %S6 %S7
%S8 %S9 %S10 %S11
%S12 %S13 %S14 %S15
%S16 %S17 %S18 %S19
Variables, shiftK

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Weekday%W
Write, file](
file)
N(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
Alphabetical Token Reference 
 Token SyntaxDescription
-Literal that pauses processing for .5 (one-half) second.
,
 Literal that pauses for 2 seconds. Used when dialing an extension or to introduce a 
pause before processing the next token.
N
OTE:
Be careful not to confuse this comma with the separator found in com-
mands and records.
?(
line,
file,
mailbox)
 Command that searches the specified file...

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@Literal that causes Amanda to process the Extension or Notify Method field as a set 
of tokens instead of processing the field normally. 
Normal processing for the Extension field:
 Amanda plays “Please hold while I 
try that extension,” puts the caller on transfer hold, then evaluates the tokens in the 
field. The @ stops Amanda from performing the dial code that puts a caller on 
transfer hold (also known as the dl_dtwait dial code). As explained in Installing...

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 [(
file)
 Command that reads the first line in the specified file as the first ten port variables 
(%S0-%S9). The 10 values in the file must be comma delimited. The first value is 
%S0, the second is %S1, etc. The quotation marks used to delimit strings do not 
appear in the file, but the commas that separate them from the other variables do. 
For example, empty strings take up no space in the file.
This command is usually used with the ]() command to keep track of what...