GNU Awk for MSYS (msys-gawk)

This repository contains the unofficial GNU Awk (gawk) 4.0.1-2 release for MinGW/MSYS. This package is intended to be used on MSYS only, and was created to replace the very outdated 3.1.7-2 which is the only one officially provided in the MinGW/MSYS repository.

Installation

1. Download the gawk-4.0.1-2-msys-1.0.19-bin.tar.lzma.
2. Extract the package file in your %MINGW_ROOT%\msys\1.0\ directory, where %MINGW_ROOT% is the MinGW installation directory (typically C:\MinGW).

Compile

If you want to recompile this source, you will need to have a working MSYS Toolchain. Then, follow the instructions in the src/msys-gawk.RELEASE_NOTES file.

Links

• Please update MSYS awk; current awk-3.1.7 implementation is too old to remain viable
• msysCORE Extended