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Installation on PC Operating Systems
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   This minor node covers installation and usage of `gawk' on x86
machines running DOS, any version of Windows, or OS/2.  In this minor
node, the term "Win32" refers to any of Windows-95/98/ME/NT/2000.

   The limitations of DOS (and DOS shells under Windows or OS/2) has
meant that various "DOS extenders" are often used with programs such as
`gawk'.  The varying capabilities of Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Win32
can add to the confusion.  For an overview of the considerations,
please refer to `README_d/README.pc' in the distribution.

PC Binary Installation

Installing a prepared distribution.

PC Compiling

Compiling `gawk' for MS-DOS, Win32,

and OS/2.

PC Using

Running `gawk' on MS-DOS, Win32 and

OS/2.