Re: How can I check if a file exists in gawk?

Ed Morton wrote:
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> On 3/27/2008 11:48 AM, Boltar wrote:
>> On Mar 27, 4:36 pm, Ed Morton <mor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>On 3/27/2008 11:27 AM, Boltar wrote:

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>> but I guess that just another one of awks irritating little quirks.
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> It is not an awk quirk, it's one of the many getline features that
aren't
> intuitively obvious and all of which need to be thoroughly understood
before
> deciding whether or not to use getline.

Personally, I found that I needed a firm fixed rule that every time I
type getline I have to get up and go get a cup of coffee. Without any
exceptions that I can remember I always find that I was trying to write
a c progrm in awk and with a little reflection I can find a solution
that uses awk instead of fighting against it.