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From: ado@elsie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: awk bug, fix wanted (bsd42 maybe others too)
Message-ID: <7369@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 23:00:05 EST
Article-I.D.: elsie.7369
Posted: Wed Mar 25 23:00:05 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Mar-87 06:18:31 EST
References: <309@bsiao.UUCP>
Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD
Lines: 44
Xref: utgpu comp.bugs.4bsd:244 comp.unix.wizards:1540
Summary: Fix

> [A] call to awk (to be used in a shell script) gives the
> error message 'funny variable' when called with a parameter >49.

The fix is to the file lib.c in the awk source directory.
As usual, the trade secret status of the code involved precludes a clearer
posting.

*** OLD/lib.c	Wed Mar 25 22:54:04 1987
--- NEW/lib.c	Wed Mar 25 22:53:54 1987
***************
*** 1,4 ****
--- 1,11 ----
+ #ifndef ASWAS
  #ifndef lint
+ #ifndef NOID
+ static char	elsieid[] = "@(#)lib.c	3.4";
+ #endif /* !NOID */
+ #endif /* !lint */
+ #endif /* !ASWAS */
+ #ifndef lint
  static char sccsid[] = "@(#)lib.c	4.4 9/17/84";
  #endif
  
***************
*** 40,45 ****
--- 47,59 ----
  	extern char **svargv;
  	register c, sep;
  
+ #ifndef ASWAS
+ 	static int	did;
+ 
+ 	if (did == 0)
+ 		for (did = 2; did < sizeof fldtab / sizeof fldtab[0]; ++did)
+ 			fldtab[did] = fldtab[1];
+ #endif /* !ASWAS */
  	dprintf("**RS=%o, **FS=%o\n", **RS, **FS, NULL);
  	donefld = 0;
  	donerec = 1;

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