From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta001.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.32]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B7C03858C39 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:58:48 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 6B7C03858C39 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4001a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.142]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id QYP9mOdKYczbLQgfomtxiH; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:58:48 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.105] ([68.147.0.90]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id QgfnmiGZgU9pxQgfnmxCde; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:58:48 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Bbi7bph2 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6142a4d8 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Subject: Re: Previously-functional gawk script now failing to execute - PLEASE HELP!!! Message-ID: <2ecc9f97-4324-2948-5e6b-1fffa72b2d27@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:58:47 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfL2xgN3A8GyTYVAH2ZAki6Q5yRHJoxB+VVX1qolnFEa6kU7CX9fsO8oTYAGvsUBbVeWPZTOHSQ9mVjkMFMyl3lSSGs9GHw8tShZxadTt0V7QXrJXI1lm o8KQ6ex+CAiqKgirJ1ZHg9VI1e/wVBhpo9f96lcEeo1VlE3wdJjZcLQYym6Bf9egp9lrEHFAVYqR4VqpalhboxRuUSruYt8GEtA= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1161.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:58:49 -0000 On 2021-09-15 15:11, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote: > I just tried executing an old, previously-functional awk script using a > version of gawk that I had downloaded last year, and a command of the > following format (as recommended in a previous communication with the > Cygwin mailing list): > gawk -vRS="\r\n" -f data_collect_e_-_FF_4-state.awk > but this time, the script failed to execute!! > > Upon closer examination, the script appears to be failing after > successfully reading the first line of data from the input data file, even > though the input file has NOT been modified since it was last used. (I > should point out that while the files were copied over from my old > computer, another awk script execution that I had attempted recently with > older files worked fine!) So the script is not failing to execute, it is successfully reading the first line: so how is it failing, and what has that to do with the input file being modified, and if the input file has not been modified since the script was last used, why are you rerunning it? Package gawk has been updated once a year for the last 4 years, up until 2020-04, and has not changed recently, so the problem may be with your data file, or the script, or your Cygwin installation, and only you can really answer that, as they have been "copied" from another computer: using what process? How was Cygwin setup on the new computer, and which version of gawk was installed to be used? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]