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Re: [gawk-stable] bug: fatal error when getline from directory

From: John Cowan
Subject: Re: [gawk-stable] bug: fatal error when getline from directory
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:01:01 -0500
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 
Aharon Robbins scripsit:

>       gawk: (FILENAME=a FNR=1) fatal: cannot open file `/tmp' for reading 
> (Success)

A fatal success, eh?  :-)

> I will consult with the other awk authors before I decide what to do.

I think the Most Awkish Thing is to treat a directory as a RS-terminated
list of file names.

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