[asterisk-users] AEL - what is error: ael.flex:647 ael_yylex:Unhandled char(s):

[Rodrigo Lang]

Use the command "aptitude install tofrodos" to install dos2unix. This
command get the file and clear the "^M".


Regards,
Rodrigo Lang.

2010/8/25 Zeeshan Zakaria <zishanov at gmail.com>

> Actually I have found the problem, and leanred some new stuff along with
> it.
>
> Apparently all Linux files have a mime type information stored in them,
> which can be checked using command:
>
> file -i <filename>
>
> For my extensions.ael, which I copied from a different server, the mime
> type is 'text/x-c' whereas all the other files have mime type 'text/plain'.
> Now if I create a new file extemsions.maelstrom on this machine which is by
> default 'text/plain', there are no errors on doing 'ael reload', however
> using extensions.maelstrom with mime type 'text/x-c' gives errors, though
> the code works fine.
>
> How it got mime type 'text/x-c' on the other machine, Vim which I use there
> assigned it this mime type. I'll have to fix it there.
>
> Now I am trying to figure out how to convert between mime types. A simpler
> solution is to just copy text to a new file, but would be nice to do a
> proper conversion.
>
> Zeeshan A Zakaria
>
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>
> On 2010-08-25 12:01 PM, "Watkins, Bradley" <Bradley.Watkins at compuware.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
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> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:43 AM
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> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] AEL - what is error: ael.flex:647
> ael_yylex:Unhandled char(s):
>
> That's what I understood too from this one and probably only related google
> search result, but even ...
>
> Is there any chance that these files were edited on a Windows machine and
> then copied back to the Asterisk boxes?  That is, are there some nefarious
> ^m characters hiding in there?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> - Brad
>
>
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