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Re: Installed, but can't get it to run
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John Cowan |
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Re: Installed, but can't get it to run |
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:06:52 -0400 |
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DON PETERSEN scripsit:
> Hi,
> I am running XP Home with all of the latest patches. I downloaded
> gawk-3.1.3-2.exe. I ran it to install gawk. In C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin
> I have gawk.exe, igawk, libintl3.dll, pwcat.exe, grcat.exe, libiconv2.dll,
> pgawk.exe. I read the installation instructions and set TMP, TMPDIR, and
> HOME. When I try running gawk.exe and pgawk.exe from the Run... box, I see a
> command box with a black background flash briefly and the disappear.
> What am I missing?
The fact that gawk is a command-line application, not a GUI one.
You need to read up on the Awk programming language to learn how to use
it, then start your own command window and run gawk from there.
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