Kernighan's awk for Windows v20260426 - awk-20260426-win64.zip

This is a compiled version of Kernighan's awk for Windows-systems compiled
with the MSYS port of the gcc (https://www.msys2.org/). It is the awk version
referred to in the second edition of "The AWK programming language" by Aho,
Kernighan and Weinberger.

The 64-bit executable file awk.exe is intended to be used on 64-bit Windows
systems. 

*Important*: version 20260426 awk.exe can no longer be compiled with the
UCRT64 runtime gcc, which yield native Windows exe files. This new version
only compiles on Linux systems and the Linux-like MSYS port of the gcc.
Therefore it requires msys-2.0.dll as POSIX compatibility layer for execution
of awk.exe in cmd.exe of Windows.

 | However, awk's system() command does not work as expected with cmd.exe: if
 | awk scripts with system() shall be used, this is only possible using a 
 | bash shell (e.g. in the cmder package). Here awk expects Unix/Linux like
 | path designations like "/c/Users/uname/Documents"

For installation, copy the awk.exe executable file and msys-2.0.dll into a
folder (directory) included in the list of directories assigned to the PATH
environment variable or create a new folder (directory) and add it to the
PATH environment variable.

The source code of awk may be obtained from:

   https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk

The compiled application of this archive is made available without any
warranty. No support is provided. Information on problems, however, is always
welcome. 

Volker Kiefel,
July 24, 2026
