Re: Fw: probable bug/shortcoming of gawk v3.0.3

[Aharon Robbins]

> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:56:09 -0800
> From: David Inman=20
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: probable bug/shortcoming of gawk v3.0.3
>
> Kind Sir or Madam:
>  
> Help! Please!
>  
> On Win98SE with Cygwin's GAWK V3.0.3 (latest I could find compiled):
> 1. Create a file with one character, say 'a' and NO '\n' following it.
>     You may find this tricky to do since many programs just slap a '\n'
>    on the end when you don't want one.
> 2. Create a file as above with the letter 'a' but include the '\n' at > the 
> end of the line.
> 3. Read the files with getline.  (The files were not specified on the > 
> command line
>    invoking gawk.)
>
> I have not found a way to differentiate between these  two files when > 
> reading
> the files within GAWK by comparing what is read.  I need to know if a > '\n'
> was part of the last line of the file or not and the getline functions > 
> seems to
> treat them as if they were identical.  I played with RS, ORS, FS, ... to > no 
> avail.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Inman
> address@hidden

Check RT.  If RT = "" then there was no '\n' at the end of the line.

Arnold
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