This version of gawk (including extensions) has been compiled for
Windows with the MinGW-w64 implementation of the gcc
(https://www.mingw-w64.org).

Main contents of gawk-5.3.0-win64.zip:

gawk\README.txt                                              (this file)
gawk\bin\gawk.exe                                  (binary file of gawk)
gawk\bin\awk.exe                                   (binary file of gawk)
gawk\lib\gawk\*.dll                   (.dll binaries of gawk extensions)
gawk\share\man\man1\gawk.1.html            (gawk manpage in html format)
gawk\share\man\man3\*.3.html     (manpages of extensions in html format)

Recommendation for installation: 

   - unzip the archive to (e.g.) c:\

   - add  c:\gawk\bin to the list of directories assigned to the PATH
     environment variable

   - if you wish to use the gawk extensions (*.dll), make them
     accessible to gawk.exe through the AWKLIBPATH environment variable,
     e.g. with:

     set AWKLIBPATH=c:\gawk\lib\gawk

     or copy the *.dll to c:\gawk\bin

For details see the documentation in gawk.1.html and the manual
available at https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/. The source code
for gawk may be obtained from ftp.gnu.org.

The executable file gawk.exe and the *.dll in this archive are a 64-bit
application.  The executable file and this document is made available
without any warranty. No support is provided for this compiled
software. Information on problems, however, is always welcome.

Volker Kiefel
2023-12-15
