Ultimately I want to convert about 5 gawk/awk scripts to perl, but right now just trying to understand what I percieve as a difference between gawk (version 3.1.6) and sun unix awk. (Using or not using perl does not affect the problem.) 

  $cmd = "gawk -f D:\\tools\\scan_tdf.awk 
           corrtype=ada 
           FileSuffix=_pkg 
           TDFname=sys_mma_pfd_gmeter.tdf
           PrefixFile=d:\\tools\\PrefixFile
           BusNamesFile=d:\\data\\ssi_BusNames 
           VAXPATH=NONE
           DIRPATH=def";

  print "cmd is $cmd \n";
  $sts = system($cmd);

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On the sun unix side the variables are getting passed through and processed, while on the DO$ side they are not. For example corrtype is set to "ada" on sun unix side, while on the DOS side corrtype is not set or defined. Any help appreciated.

In reply to Win32 gawk vs. Unix awk by gibsonca

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