Re: [bug-gawk] system() should return != 0 when the process is killed

[arnold]

Jarno Suni <address@hidden> wrote:

> In my experience
>
>   awk '{system("sleep 1")}'
>
> newer exits with any awk I have tried.

This is because it's waiting for a line of input before
executing the action.  Try instead

        awk 'BEGIN { system("sleep 1") }'

and see what happens.

Arnold