Re: Native file exist check

[Neil R. Ormos]

Peng Yu wrote:

> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29284472/awk-check-file-exists
>
> The following solution is shown above. But getline could potentially
> read too much (for example processing a binary file in which a line
> can be very long). [...]

Consider whether setting RS to "." resolves the concern that getline might read 
"too much".

  <https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#gawk-split-records>