Re: pgawk 3.1.80: warning: error writing standard output (No error)

[Aharon Robbins]

Hi. No idea why you're getting this. Sounds like cygwin weirdness to me.

Thanks,

Arnold

> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:16:46 +0100
> From: Hermann Peifer <address@hidden>
> To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Subject: pgawk 3.1.80: warning: error writing standard output (No error)
>
> Hi,
>
> A somewhat funny warning/error message for pgawk 3.1.80, which seems to 
> be related to the subsequent usage of head -9 and head -99. Probably 
> some buffer issue related to writing stuff into --profile=colorise.out
>
> (I was using awk 3.1.80 under Cygwin, I have to admit).
>
> Hermann
>
>
> # OK here
> $ pgawk --profile=colorise.out -f ../colorise_zeilen.awk 
> ../plotdaten_$DATE ../download/fragment_${DATE}.list  | head -9 | sh
> pgawk: ../colorise_zeilen.awk:26: warning: escape sequence `\'' treated 
> as plain `''
>
> # The funny warning here, the only change: head -99 instead of head -9
> $ pgawk --profile=colorise.out -f ../colorise_zeilen.awk 
> ../plotdaten_$DATE ../download/fragment_${DATE}.list  | head -99 | sh
> pgawk: ../colorise_zeilen.awk:26: warning: escape sequence `\'' treated 
> as plain `''
> pgawk: (FILENAME=../download/fragment_20110305_1431.list FNR=932) 
> warning: error writing standard output (No error)
>
> # Same funny warning here
> $ awk --profile=colorise.out -f ../colorise_zeilen.awk 
> ../plotdaten_$DATE ../download/fragment_${DATE}.list  | head -99 | sh
> awk: ../colorise_zeilen.awk:26: warning: escape sequence `\'' treated as 
> plain `''
> awk: (FILENAME=../download/fragment_20110305_1431.list FNR=932) warning: 
> error writing standard output (No error)
>
> # But not here...
> $ /usr/bin/pgawk --profile=colorise.out -f ../colorise_zeilen.awk 
> ../plotdaten_$DATE ../download/fragment_${DATE}.list  | head -99 | sh
> pgawk: ../colorise_zeilen.awk:26: warning: escape sequence `\'' treated 
> as plain `''
>
>
> $ awk --version | head -1
> GNU Awk 3.1.80
>
> $ pgawk --version | head -1
> GNU Awk 3.1.80
>
> $ /usr/bin/pgawk --version | head -1
> GNU Awk 3.1.8
>
> $ wc ../download/fragment_20110305_1431.list
> 932 ../download/fragment_20110305_1431.list