Index: apps/app_read.c
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RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/apps/app_read.c,v
retrieving revision 1.9.2.1
diff -u -r1.9.2.1 app_read.c
--- apps/app_read.c	20 Dec 2004 01:40:29 -0000	1.9.2.1
+++ apps/app_read.c	16 Mar 2005 10:28:52 -0000
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@
 static int read_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 {
 	int res = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+	int k = 0;
 	struct localuser *u;
 	char tmp[256];
+	char tmp1[256];
 	char argdata[256] = "";
+	char *varname1;
 	char *varname;
 	char *filename;
 	char *stringp;
@@ -104,8 +108,16 @@
 		ast_stopstream(chan);
 		res = ast_app_getdata(chan, filename, tmp, maxdigits, 0);
 		if (res > -1) {
-			pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, varname, tmp);
-			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "User entered '%s'\n", tmp);
+			    for( i = 0; i < sizeof(tmp); i++ )
+				{
+				    if ( tmp[i] != ' ' )
+				    {
+					tmp1[k] = tmp[i];
+					k++;
+				    }
+				} 
+			pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, varname, tmp1);
+			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "MUser entered '%s'\n", tmp1);
 			res = 0;
 		} else {
 			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "User disconnected\n");