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From: arnold@unix.cc.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: gawk bug not a bug
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Date: 24 Apr 89 18:25:39 GMT
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Just to "unsully" our reputation a little bit... :-)

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>From cs.dal.ca!david Mon Apr 24 14:12:23 1989
To: mackenzi@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (David MacKenzie)
Cc: arnold@emoryu1.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins)
Subject: Re: from gnu bugs, #1 
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 17 Apr 89 17:56:54 EDT.
             <8904172156.AA02810@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> 
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 89 10:48:52 AST
From: cs.dal.ca!david


In your message of Mon, 17 Apr 89 17:56:54 EDT you write:

> Subject: Gawk 2.10 getline is broken
> 
> Run the following script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> gawk '
> BEGIN {
>   while (getline < "'$0'" > 0)
>     printf("FNR=%s, NR=%s, NF=%s, line=%s\n", FNR, NR, NF, $0)
>   exit
> }'
> 
> According to page 61 of the AWK Programming Language, getline has the side
> effects of setting NR, FNR, and (if no variable argument is given) NF.
> Gawk 2.10 beta sets only NF.

But on page 62 you will find that if the getline input is redirected from
a file, then FNR and NR are untouched.


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