> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 7:49 pm, Andrew Morton wrote: >> If the kernel is being compiled on a non-Linux system (eg: legacy Unix) >> then it is, I guess, possible for `awk' and `gawk' to offer different >> features. If the kernel's use of gawk uses GNU extensions then this patch >> might break things on such a system. >> >> I guess we'll find out...
OK, this is what (g) awk is needed for: ,-*- diff: shell script -*- | local maj=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \ | - gawk |'{sub(/,/, "", $5); print $5}') |+ awk '{sub(/,/, "", $5); print |$5}') | local min=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \ | - gawk |'{print $6}') |+ awk '{print $6}') | | if [ -b "${location}" ]; then | dev_type="b" | @@ -134,7 |+134,7 @@ | ;; | "slink") | local |target=$(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}" | \ |- gawk '{print $11}') |+ awk '{print $11}') `-*- Let me propose you to test this as solution, that need no awk, only shell: -*- sh -*- #/bin/sh # usage: $0 node symlink nod=$1 sym=$2 pos_param() { set -- $@ shift $1 echo $1 } location=${nod} maj=`pos_param 5 $(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}")` maj=${maj%,} min=`pos_param 6 $(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}")` echo "maj min:" $maj $min location=${sym} target=`pos_param 11 $(LC_ALL=C ls -l "${location}")` echo "symlink target:" ${target} -*- Result of testcase -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ./awkless.sh /dev/null null maj min: 1 3 symlink target: /dev/null [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ -*- p.s. who is going to make alternative to GNU make ? ;D --- -o--=O`C info emacs : not found /. .\ ( is there any reason to live? ) #oo'L O info make : not found o (R.I.P. Debian Operating System) <___=E M man gcc : not found .-- ( TNX, RMS. ) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/