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

In article <47EFDC32.8020103@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Ed Morton  <morton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
....
>So, you had something like this:
>
>BEGIN {
>	while ((getline < ARGV[1]) > 0) {
>		do first file stuff
>	}
>	close(ARGV[1])

As I pointed in my previous response, when people use getline, they
usually hard-code the name of the file they are reading from in the
script.  This is generally a Bad Thing, but has superficial appeal.