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README:
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1999-09-27 08:51:04 +00:00
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This is GNU Awk 3.0.4. It should be upwardly compatible with the Bell
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1997-10-14 18:17:11 +00:00
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Labs research version of awk. It is almost completely compliant with
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the 1993 POSIX 1003.2 standard for awk. (See the note below about POSIX.)
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1999-09-27 08:51:04 +00:00
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Patches 1 through 4 just fix bugs -- see NEWS and ChangeLog for details.
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See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
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Known problems are given in the PROBLEMS file. Work to be done is
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described briefly in the FUTURES file. Verified ports are listed in
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the PORTS file. Changes in this version are summarized in the NEWS file.
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Please read the LIMITATIONS and ACKNOWLEDGMENT files.
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Read the file POSIX for a discussion of how the standard says comparisons
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should be done vs. how they really should be done and how gawk does them.
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To format the documentation with TeX, use at least version 2.151 of
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texinfo.tex. There is a usable copy of texinfo.tex in the doc directory.
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The Info file now comes with the distribution.
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The man page is up to date.
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INSTALLATION:
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Check whether there is a system-specific README file for your system
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under the `README_d' directory. If there's something there that you
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should have read and didn't, and you bug me about it, I'm going to yell
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at you.
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See the file INSTALL.
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If you have neither bison nor yacc, use the awktab.c file here. It was
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generated with bison, and has no proprietary code in it. (Note that modifying
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awk.y without bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. You might want
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to get a copy of bison from the FSF too.)
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If you have an MS-DOS or OS/2 system, use the stuff in the `pc' directory.
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Similarly, there are separate directories for Ataris, Amigas, and VMS.
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Appendix B of The GNU Awk User's Guide discusses configuration in detail. The
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configuration process is now based on Autoconf, so the whole business
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should be considerably simpler than it was in gawk 2.X.Y.
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After successful compilation, do 'make check' to run a small test
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suite. There should be no output from the 'cmp' invocations except in
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the cases where there are small differences in floating point values,
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and possibly in the case of strftime. Several of the tests ignore
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errors on purpose; those are not a problem. If there are other
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differences, please investigate and report the problem.
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PRINTING THE MANUAL
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The 'doc' directory contains a recent version of texinfo.tex, which will be
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necessary for printing the manual. Use `make dvi' to get a DVI file from
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the manual. In the `doc' directory, use `make postscript' to get a PostScript
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version of the manual.
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BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (Un*x systems):
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Please coordinate changes through Arnold Robbins. In particular, see
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the section in the manual on reporting bugs. Note that comp.lang.awk is
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about the worst place to post a gawk bug report. Please, use the mechanisms
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outlined in the manual.
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Arnold Robbins
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1999-09-27 08:51:04 +00:00
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INTERNET: arnold@gnu.org
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BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (non-Unix ports):
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MS-DOS:
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Scott Deifik
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scottd@amgen.com
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Darrel Hankerson
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hankedr@mail.auburn.edu
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VMS:
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Pat Rankin
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rankin@eql.caltech.edu
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1999-09-27 08:51:04 +00:00
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Alpha/Linux:
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1997-10-14 18:17:11 +00:00
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Michal Jaegermann
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michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca
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OS/2:
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Kai Uwe Rommel
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rommel@ars.de
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Amiga:
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Fred Fish
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fnf@ninemoons.com
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