Re: [9fans] 9vx and AWK

[yy <yiyu.jgl@gmail.com>]

2009/7/24 Sergey Zhilkin <szhilkin@gmail.com>:
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> Any known issues with 9vx and AWK ?

The awk system() built-in does not work in 9vx out of the box. I think
the reason is awk uses the ape shell to execute system commands and
ape is not included (it uses the stdlib.h system() function, that's
for sure). I have not found any more issues, but ymmv. Anyway, *this*
problem is solved downloading a full plan9 image to use with 9vx (you
can find several ones around). I don't know if it will solve yours.


PS: I have read old logs where it was discussed that awk should be a
native plan9 application and not an ape port (or, at least, it should
use rc instead of the ape shell). Is there any reason this was not
done? or was it not worth the trouble?

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