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README:
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This is GNU Awk 2.15. It should be upwardly compatible with the System
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V Release 4 awk. It is almost completely compliant with POSIX 1003.2.
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This release adds new features -- see NEWS for details.
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See the installation instructions, below.
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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, you must use texinfo.tex 2.53
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or later. Otherwise footnotes look unacceptable.
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If you wish to remake the Info files, you should use makeinfo. The 2.15
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version of makeinfo works with no errors.
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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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A quick overview of the installation process is in the file INSTALL.
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Makefile.in may need some tailoring. The only changes necessary should
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be to change installation targets or to change compiler flags.
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The changes to make in Makefile.in are commented and should be obvious.
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All other changes should be made in a config file. Samples for
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various systems are included in the config directory. Starting with
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2.11, our intent has been to make the code conform to standards (ANSI,
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POSIX, SVID, in that order) whenever possible, and to not penalize
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standard conforming systems. We have included substitute versions of
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routines not universally available. Simply add the appropriate define
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for the missing feature(s) on your system.
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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 should have no AT&T code in it. (Note that
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modifying awk.y without bison or yacc will be difficult, at best. You might
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want to get a copy of bison from the FSF too.)
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If no config file is included for your system, start by copying one
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for a similar system. One way of determining the defines needed is to
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try to load gawk with nothing defined and see what routines are
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unresolved by the loader. This should give you a good idea of how to
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proceed.
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The next release will use the FSF autoconfig program, so we are no longer
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soliciting new config files.
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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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For an Atari there is an atari directory and similarly one for VMS.
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Chapter 16 of The GAWK Manual discusses configuration in detail.
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(However, it does not discuss OS/2 configuration, see README.pc for
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the details. The manual is being massively revised for 2.16.)
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After successful compilation, do 'make test' 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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If there are other differences, please investigate and report the
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problem.
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PRINTING THE MANUAL
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The 'support' directory contains texinfo.tex 2.115, which will be necessary
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for printing the manual, and the texindex.c program from the texinfo
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distribution which is also necessary. See the makefile for the steps needed
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to get a DVI file from the manual.
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CAVEATS
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The existence of a patchlevel.h file does *N*O*T* imply a commitment on
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our part to issue bug fixes or patches. It is there in case we should
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decide to do so.
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BUG REPORTS AND FIXES (Un*x systems):
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Please coordinate changes through David Trueman and/or Arnold Robbins.
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David Trueman
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Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science,
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Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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UUCP: {uunet utai watmath}!dalcs!david
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INTERNET: david@cs.dal.ca
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Arnold Robbins
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1736 Reindeer Drive
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Atlanta, GA, 30329-3528, USA
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INTERNET: arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us
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UUCP: { gatech, emory, emoryu1 }!skeeve!arnold
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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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AMGEN Inc.
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Amgen Center, Bldg.17-Dept.393
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Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789
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Tel-805-499-5725 ext.4677
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Fax-805-498-0358
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scottd@amgen.com
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VMS:
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Pat Rankin
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rankin@eql.caltech.edu (e-mail only)
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Atari ST:
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Michal Jaegermann
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michal@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca (e-mail only)
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OS/2:
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Kai Uwe Rommel
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rommel@ars.muc.de (e-mail only)
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Darrel Hankerson
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hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (e-mail only)
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