Re: Is this a bug?

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

> the following script:
> 
> BEGIN {RS="kk"}
> {print}
> 
> eats up the last character from any file that doesn't end with \n

this indeed was a bug.  I reproduced it with 3.1.3.

I also tested the beta for the upcoming release--it has this bug fixed.
So please try
        http://www.skeeve.com/gawk-3.1.3l.tar.bz2
or
        http://www.skeeve.com/gawk-3.1.3l.tar.gz

or wait for the official 3.1.4 release.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan