Re: [bug-gawk] abort keyword

[Neil R. Ormos]

Arnold Robbins wrote:

>> Andy, maybe I'll do an abort extension for
>> [g]awkextlib.  It's really pretty trivial to
>> do... Feel free to beat me to it. :-)

> I have done this; it's now in gawkextlib.  Usage
> should be something like:

>       gawk -labort '{ ... ; abort(42) ; ... }'

> This passes 42 to the C exit() routine. If
> called with no argument, it passes zero.

Thanks.  I'll try it out when I can figure out
how.

Best regards,

--Neil Ormos