jbthiel@ogccse.ogc.edu (John B. Thiel) (02/18/89)
Three possible bugs I have noticed in 2.02 beta port of Gawk to IBMPC
recently posted to binaries:
1) The '+' regular expression operator does not seem to work.
Ex: Given a data input file containing lines
1aa1
2bb2
1aa2
1aa1
The pattern/action command:
/1a+1/ {print}
does not work (nothing prints), whereas equivalent
/1aa*1/ {print}
works as expected (two lines printed).
2) AWKPATH setting is ineffective in allowing lookup of source files.
The documentation is somewhat sparse on the exact format - I have
tried every standard MSDOS or UNIX type format I know - none worked.
If anyone has in achieved results with the AWKPATH environment var
please inform me as to exact syntax used in setting it.
3) system(cmd-line) function does not work. Documentation notes
disclaimer for non-Unix or GNU systems, but should not be gravely
difficult to implement this useful feature given C lib system() call.
If you have had success with these features please notify me as to my error.
Else help transmit this bug report to original porter of Gawk to PC (I have
neither name nor address).
The executable posting did not include source. If anyone has source to this
PC version (Gawk 2.02beta) please mail it to me. Thanks.
john b. thiel
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