diff --git a/res/ael/ael.flex b/res/ael/ael.flex
index b44b31e75..0674ba8ff 100644
--- a/res/ael/ael.flex
+++ b/res/ael/ael.flex
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 %option prefix="ael_yy"
 %option noyywrap 8bit
 
+/* I specify this option to suppress flex generating code with ECHO
+  in it. This generates compiler warnings in some systems; We've
+  seen the fwrite generate Unused variable warnings with 4.1.2 gcc.
+  Some systems have tweaked flex ECHO macro to keep the compiler
+  happy.  To keep the warning message from getting output, I added
+  a default rule at the end of the patterns section */
+%option nodefault
+
 /* yyfree normally just frees its arg. It can be null sometimes,
    which some systems will complain about, so, we'll define our own version */
 %option noyyfree
@@ -643,6 +651,8 @@ includes	{ STORE_POS; return KW_INCLUDES;}
 		}
 	}
 
+<*>.|\n		{ /* default rule */ ast_log(LOG_ERROR,"Unhandled char(s): %s\n", yytext); }
+
 %%
 
 static void pbcpush(char x)
diff --git a/res/ael/ael_lex.c b/res/ael/ael_lex.c
index 2491baf9e..4e792aefe 100644
--- a/res/ael/ael_lex.c
+++ b/res/ael/ael_lex.c
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ static void yy_fatal_error (yyconst char msg[] ,yyscan_t yyscanner );
 	*yy_cp = '\0'; \
 	yyg->yy_c_buf_p = yy_cp;
 
-#define YY_NUM_RULES 75
-#define YY_END_OF_BUFFER 76
+#define YY_NUM_RULES 76
+#define YY_END_OF_BUFFER 77
 /* This struct is not used in this scanner,
    but its presence is necessary. */
 struct yy_trans_info
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ struct yy_trans_info
 static yyconst flex_int16_t yy_accept[285] =
     {   0,
         0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,   43,   43,
-        0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,   76,   75,   50,   48,
+        0,    0,    0,    0,    0,    0,   77,   75,   50,   48,
        49,   51,   51,   51,    9,    3,    4,    7,   51,    8,
         5,    6,   12,   75,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,
        51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,   51,
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@ static yyconst flex_int16_t yy_chk[1073] =
  * This renames also ael_yywrap, but since we do not use it, we just
  * add option noyywrap to remove it.
  */
+/* I specify this option to suppress flex generating code with ECHO
+  in it. This generates compiler warnings in some systems; We've
+  seen the fwrite generate Unused variable warnings with 4.1.2 gcc.
+  Some systems have tweaked flex ECHO macro to keep the compiler
+  happy.  To keep the warning message from getting output, I added
+  a default rule at the end of the patterns section */
 /* ael_yyfree normally just frees its arg. It can be null sometimes,
    which some systems will complain about, so, we'll define our own version */
 /* batch gives a bit more performance if we are using it in
@@ -811,7 +817,7 @@ static yyconst flex_int16_t yy_chk[1073] =
  * bison-bridge passes an additional yylval argument to ael_yylex().
  * bison-locations is probably not needed.
  */
-#line 63 "ael.flex"
+#line 71 "ael.flex"
 #include "asterisk.h"
 ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 
@@ -946,7 +952,7 @@ static void pbcwhere(const char *text, int *line, int *col )
 #define	STORE_POS
 #define	STORE_LOC
 #endif
-#line 949 "ael_lex.c"
+#line 955 "ael_lex.c"
 
 #define INITIAL 0
 #define paren 1
@@ -1194,10 +1200,10 @@ YY_DECL
 	register int yy_act;
     struct yyguts_t * yyg = (struct yyguts_t*)yyscanner;
 
-#line 209 "ael.flex"
+#line 217 "ael.flex"
 
 
-#line 1200 "ael_lex.c"
+#line 1206 "ael_lex.c"
 
     yylval = yylval_param;
 
@@ -1288,260 +1294,260 @@ do_action:	/* This label is used only to access EOF actions. */
 
 case 1:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 211 "ael.flex"
+#line 219 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return LC;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 2:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 212 "ael.flex"
+#line 220 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return RC;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 3:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 213 "ael.flex"
+#line 221 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return LP;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 4:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 214 "ael.flex"
+#line 222 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return RP;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 5:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 215 "ael.flex"
+#line 223 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return SEMI;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 6:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 216 "ael.flex"
+#line 224 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return EQ;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 7:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 217 "ael.flex"
+#line 225 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return COMMA;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 8:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 218 "ael.flex"
+#line 226 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return COLON;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 9:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 219 "ael.flex"
+#line 227 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return AMPER;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 10:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 220 "ael.flex"
+#line 228 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return BAR;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 11:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 221 "ael.flex"
+#line 229 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return EXTENMARK;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 12:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 222 "ael.flex"
+#line 230 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return AT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 13:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 223 "ael.flex"
+#line 231 "ael.flex"
 {/*comment*/}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 14:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 224 "ael.flex"
+#line 232 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_CONTEXT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 15:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 225 "ael.flex"
+#line 233 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_ABSTRACT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 16:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 226 "ael.flex"
+#line 234 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_EXTEND;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 17:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 227 "ael.flex"
+#line 235 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_MACRO;};
 	YY_BREAK
 case 18:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 228 "ael.flex"
+#line 236 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_GLOBALS;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 19:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 229 "ael.flex"
+#line 237 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_LOCAL;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 20:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 230 "ael.flex"
+#line 238 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_IGNOREPAT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 21:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 231 "ael.flex"
+#line 239 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_SWITCH;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 22:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 232 "ael.flex"
+#line 240 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_IF;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 23:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 233 "ael.flex"
+#line 241 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_IFTIME;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 24:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 234 "ael.flex"
+#line 242 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_RANDOM;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 25:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 235 "ael.flex"
+#line 243 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_REGEXTEN;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 26:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 236 "ael.flex"
+#line 244 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_HINT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 27:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 237 "ael.flex"
+#line 245 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_ELSE;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 28:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 238 "ael.flex"
+#line 246 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_GOTO;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 29:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 239 "ael.flex"
+#line 247 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_JUMP;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 30:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 240 "ael.flex"
+#line 248 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_RETURN;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 31:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 241 "ael.flex"
+#line 249 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_BREAK;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 32:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 242 "ael.flex"
+#line 250 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_CONTINUE;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 33:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 243 "ael.flex"
+#line 251 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_FOR;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 34:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 244 "ael.flex"
+#line 252 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_WHILE;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 35:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 245 "ael.flex"
+#line 253 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_CASE;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 36:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 246 "ael.flex"
+#line 254 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_DEFAULT;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 37:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 247 "ael.flex"
+#line 255 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_PATTERN;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 38:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 248 "ael.flex"
+#line 256 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_CATCH;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 39:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 249 "ael.flex"
+#line 257 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_SWITCHES;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 40:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 250 "ael.flex"
+#line 258 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_ESWITCHES;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 41:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 251 "ael.flex"
+#line 259 "ael.flex"
 { STORE_POS; return KW_INCLUDES;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 42:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 252 "ael.flex"
+#line 260 "ael.flex"
 { BEGIN(comment); my_col += 2; }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 43:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 254 "ael.flex"
+#line 262 "ael.flex"
 { my_col += yyleng; }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 44:
 /* rule 44 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 255 "ael.flex"
+#line 263 "ael.flex"
 { ++my_lineno; my_col=1;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 45:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 256 "ael.flex"
+#line 264 "ael.flex"
 { my_col += yyleng; }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 46:
 /* rule 46 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 257 "ael.flex"
+#line 265 "ael.flex"
 { ++my_lineno; my_col=1;}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 47:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 258 "ael.flex"
+#line 266 "ael.flex"
 { my_col += 2; BEGIN(INITIAL); } /* the nice thing about comments is that you know exactly what ends them */
 	YY_BREAK
 case 48:
 /* rule 48 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 260 "ael.flex"
+#line 268 "ael.flex"
 { my_lineno++; my_col = 1; }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 49:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 261 "ael.flex"
+#line 269 "ael.flex"
 { my_col += yyleng; }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 50:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 262 "ael.flex"
+#line 270 "ael.flex"
 { my_col += (yyleng*8)-(my_col%8); }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 51:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 264 "ael.flex"
+#line 272 "ael.flex"
 { 
       /* boy did I open a can of worms when I changed the lexical token "word". 
   	  	 all the above keywords can be used as a beginning to a "word".-
@@ -1570,22 +1576,22 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 	YY_BREAK
 case 52:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 290 "ael.flex"
+#line 298 "ael.flex"
 { yymore(); /* Keep going */ }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 53:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 291 "ael.flex"
+#line 299 "ael.flex"
 { yymore(); /* Keep going */ }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 54:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 292 "ael.flex"
+#line 300 "ael.flex"
 { yymore(); /* Keep Going */ }
 	YY_BREAK
 case 55:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 293 "ael.flex"
+#line 301 "ael.flex"
 { /* the beginning of a ${} construct. prepare and pop into curlystate */
 	   	parencount2 = 0;
 		pbcpos2 = 0;
@@ -1596,7 +1602,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 	YY_BREAK
 case 56:
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 300 "ael.flex"
+#line 308 "ael.flex"
 { /* the beginning of a $[] construct. prepare and pop into brackstate */
 	   	parencount3 = 0;
 		pbcpos3 = 0;
@@ -1608,7 +1614,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 57:
 /* rule 57 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 307 "ael.flex"
+#line 315 "ael.flex"
 {
 		/* a non-word constituent char, like a space, tab, curly, paren, etc */
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
@@ -1624,7 +1630,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 58:
 /* rule 58 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 320 "ael.flex"
+#line 328 "ael.flex"
 {
 		if ( pbcpop2('}') ) {	/* error */
 			STORE_LOC;
@@ -1647,7 +1653,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 59:
 /* rule 59 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 339 "ael.flex"
+#line 347 "ael.flex"
 { 
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if (c == '{')
@@ -1659,7 +1665,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 60:
 /* rule 60 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 347 "ael.flex"
+#line 355 "ael.flex"
 { 
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if ( pbcpop2(c))  { /* error */
@@ -1678,7 +1684,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 61:
 /* rule 61 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 363 "ael.flex"
+#line 371 "ael.flex"
 {
 		if ( pbcpop3(']') ) {	/* error */
 			STORE_LOC;
@@ -1701,7 +1707,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 62:
 /* rule 62 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 382 "ael.flex"
+#line 390 "ael.flex"
 { 
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if (c == '[')
@@ -1713,7 +1719,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 63:
 /* rule 63 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 390 "ael.flex"
+#line 398 "ael.flex"
 { 
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if ( pbcpop3(c))  { /* error */
@@ -1739,7 +1745,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 64:
 /* rule 64 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 413 "ael.flex"
+#line 421 "ael.flex"
 {
 		if ( pbcpop(')') ) {	/* error */
 			STORE_LOC;
@@ -1768,7 +1774,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 65:
 /* rule 65 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 438 "ael.flex"
+#line 446 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if (c == '(')
@@ -1780,7 +1786,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 66:
 /* rule 66 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 446 "ael.flex"
+#line 454 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if ( pbcpop(c))  { /* error */
@@ -1807,7 +1813,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 67:
 /* rule 67 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 470 "ael.flex"
+#line 478 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if (c == '(')
@@ -1819,7 +1825,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 68:
 /* rule 68 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 478 "ael.flex"
+#line 486 "ael.flex"
 {
 		if ( pbcpop(')') ) { /* error */
 			STORE_LOC;
@@ -1850,7 +1856,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 69:
 /* rule 69 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 505 "ael.flex"
+#line 513 "ael.flex"
 {
 		if( parencount != 0) { /* ast_log(LOG_NOTICE,"Folding in a comma!\n"); */
 			yymore();
@@ -1869,7 +1875,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 70:
 /* rule 70 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 520 "ael.flex"
+#line 528 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if ( pbcpop(c) ) { /* error */
@@ -1892,7 +1898,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 71:
 /* rule 71 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 539 "ael.flex"
+#line 547 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		yymore();
@@ -1902,7 +1908,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 72:
 /* rule 72 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 545 "ael.flex"
+#line 553 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char c = yytext[yyleng-1];
 		if ( pbcpop(c) ) { /* error */
@@ -1920,7 +1926,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 73:
 /* rule 73 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 559 "ael.flex"
+#line 567 "ael.flex"
 {
 		STORE_LOC;
 		yylval->str = malloc(yyleng);
@@ -1934,7 +1940,7 @@ YY_RULE_SETUP
 case 74:
 /* rule 74 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 569 "ael.flex"
+#line 577 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char fnamebuf[1024],*p1,*p2;
 		int glob_ret;
@@ -1987,7 +1993,7 @@ case YY_STATE_EOF(comment):
 case YY_STATE_EOF(curlystate):
 case YY_STATE_EOF(wordstate):
 case YY_STATE_EOF(brackstate):
-#line 614 "ael.flex"
+#line 622 "ael.flex"
 {
 		char fnamebuf[2048];
 		if (include_stack_index > 0 && include_stack[include_stack_index-1].globbuf_pos < include_stack[include_stack_index-1].globbuf.gl_pathc-1) {
@@ -2021,11 +2027,17 @@ case YY_STATE_EOF(brackstate):
 	}
 	YY_BREAK
 case 75:
+/* rule 75 can match eol */
 YY_RULE_SETUP
-#line 646 "ael.flex"
-ECHO;
+#line 654 "ael.flex"
+{ /* default rule */ ast_log(LOG_ERROR,"Unhandled char(s): %s\n", yytext); }
 	YY_BREAK
-#line 2028 "ael_lex.c"
+case 76:
+YY_RULE_SETUP
+#line 656 "ael.flex"
+YY_FATAL_ERROR( "flex scanner jammed" );
+	YY_BREAK
+#line 2040 "ael_lex.c"
 
 	case YY_END_OF_BUFFER:
 		{
@@ -3198,7 +3210,7 @@ void *ael_yyrealloc  (void * ptr, yy_size_t  size , yyscan_t yyscanner)
 
 #define YYTABLES_NAME "yytables"
 
-#line 646 "ael.flex"
+#line 656 "ael.flex"