--- ../tmp/asterisk-1.2.11/pbx.c        2006-06-18 22:03:58.000000000 +0100
+++ pbx.c       2006-08-29 16:41:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@
        "    n - don't answer the channel before playing the files\n"
        "    m - only break if a digit hit matches a one digit\n"
        "          extension in the destination context\n"
+       "This application sets the following channel variable upon completion:\n"
+       " BACKGROUNDSTATUS    The status of the playback attempt as a text string, one of\n"
+       "               SUCCESS | FAILED\n"
        },

        { "Busy", pbx_builtin_busy,
@@ -5766,6 +5769,7 @@
        /* Answer if need be */
        if (chan->_state != AST_STATE_UP) {
                if (ast_test_flag(&flags, BACKGROUND_SKIP)) {
+                       pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "BACKGROUNDSTATUS", "SUCCESS");
                        return 0;
                } else if (!ast_test_flag(&flags, BACKGROUND_NOANSWER)) {
                        res = ast_answer(chan);
@@ -5794,9 +5798,11 @@
                                        }
                                }
                                ast_stopstream(chan);
+                               pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "BACKGROUNDSTATUS", "SUCCESS");
                        } else {
                                ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "ast_streamfile failed on %s for %s\n", chan->name, (char*)data);
                                res = 0;
+                               pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "BACKGROUNDSTATUS", "FAILED");
                                break;
                        }
                        front = back;
@@ -5806,6 +5812,7 @@
                snprintf(chan->exten, sizeof(chan->exten), "%c", res);
                ast_copy_string(chan->context, context, sizeof(chan->context));
                chan->priority = 0;
+               pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "BACKGROUNDSTATUS", "SUCCESS");
                return 0;
        } else {
                return res;