Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:36:10 GMT
From: abc AT anchorageinternet DOT org
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Subject: Bug: bash? date? awk?
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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DJGPP v2.03/Windows98

$ awk 'BEGIN { system("date '+%y'`echo $$`") }'

the line above crashes with the message:

date.exe: too many non-option arguments

however, it shouldn't crash according to RH Linux/FreeBSD.

also:

$ awk 'BEGIN { system("echo $$") }'

outputs: $$

the (g)awk system call doesn't do $variable expansion,
as it should ....

thank you.