Re: Gawk Bug

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:19:53AM -0500, Richard Patchet wrote:
> The error below is from version 3.0.3.

this is very old version.

>     gawk --re-interval -f \dos\gawk-bug.awk 4010_segments.txt >
> gawk_bug.txt
...
> produces repeatable errors.

I wasn't able to understand what's the desired output of your awk script.
(I haven't took the time to study your program in detail.)

But when I tried to run your program on my Linux box with gawk 3.0.4
and 3.1.1, both have produced the same result and it seem to differ from
your supplied output file on the spots you mention.

So, upgrading to a more recent version should solve your problem.

I'd suggest using the djgpp's newest version:
Go to: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/

and get gwk311b.zip (binary distribution) and gwk311d.zip (documentation).

In case you are using a version of MS Windows, you have also the following
possibilities:

http://www.cygwin.com/
         32-bit Win32 version (cygwin)

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm
        (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net)
        It needs a few helper DLLs which are mentioned on the
        page and are downloadable from there.

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
        Needs no further DLLs, ie it's just an EXE. You'll find it in
        the bin directory of the ZIP archive.

(Prepared according to a post by Richard Ivarson <address@hidden>.)

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:19:53AM -0500, Richard Patchet wrote:
> I also accidentally cc:'d the
> bug-list instead of Mr.. Robbins. My apologies.

The best way is to use the alias address@hidden .

But you still have to mention "gawk" in the subject line so that the mail
can be easily distinguished when it gets to the bug-gnu-utils Babel.

Have a nice work with gawk,
        Stepan Kasal