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GAWKBUG(1)             DragonFly General Commands Manual            GAWKBUG(1)


NAME

       gawkbug - report a bug in gawk


SYNOPSIS

       gawkbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]


DESCRIPTION

       gawkbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
       concerning gawk in a standard format.  gawkbug invokes the editor
       specified by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary copy of the
       bug report format outline. The user must fill in the appropriate fields
       and exit the editor.  gawkbug then mails the completed report to bug-
       gawk@gnu.org, or email-address.  If the report cannot be mailed, it is
       saved in the file dead.gawkbug in the invoking user's home directory.

       The bug report format outline consists of several sections.  The first
       section provides information about the machine, operating system, the
       gawk version, and the compilation environment.  The second section
       should be filled in with a description of the bug.  The third section
       should be a description of how to reproduce the bug.  The optional
       fourth section is for a proposed fix.  Fixes are encouraged.


ENVIRONMENT

       gawkbug will utilize the following environment variables if they exist:

       EDITOR Specifies the preferred editor. If EDITOR is not set, gawkbug
              attempts to locate a number of alternative editors, including
              vim, and if it must, emacs.  If gawkbug cannot locate any of the
              alternative editors, it attempts to execute vi.

       HOME   Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail
              fails.

       TMPDIR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories.


SEE ALSO

       gawk(1)


AUTHORS

       Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
       bfox@gnu.org

       Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
       chet@po.cwru.edu

       Arnold Robbins
       bug-gawk@gnu.org

GNU Awk 5.2                       2022 Apr 18                       GAWKBUG(1)

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