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Extracting the Distribution
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   `gawk' is distributed as a `tar' file compressed with the GNU Zip
program, `gzip'.

   Once you have the distribution (for example, `gawk-3.1.0.tar.gz'),
use `gzip' to expand the file and then use `tar' to extract it.  You
can use the following pipeline to produce the `gawk' distribution:

     # Under System V, add 'o' to the tar options
     gzip -d -c gawk-3.1.0.tar.gz | tar -xvpf -

This creates a directory named `gawk-3.1.0' in the current directory.

   The distribution file name is of the form `gawk-V.R.P.tar.gz'.  The
V represents the major version of `gawk', the R represents the current
release of version V, and the P represents a "patch level", meaning
that minor bugs have been fixed in the release.  The current patch
level is 0, but when retrieving distributions, you should get the
version with the highest version, release, and patch level.  (Note,
however, that patch levels greater than or equal to 80 denote "beta" or
non-production software; you might not want to retrieve such a version
unless you don't mind experimenting.)  If you are not on a Unix system,
you need to make other arrangements for getting and extracting the
`gawk' distribution.  You should consult a local expert.