GAWKBUG(1) General Commands Manual GAWKBUG(1)
NAME
gawkbug - report a bug in gawk
SYNOPSIS
gawkbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]
DESCRIPTION
gawkbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
concerning gawk in a standard format. gawkbug invokes the editor speci-
fied by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary copy of the bug
report format outline. The user must fill in the appropriate fields and
exit the editor. gawkbug then mails the completed report to bug-
gawk@gnu.org, or email-address. If the report cannot be mailed, it is
saved in the file dead.gawkbug in the invoking user's home directory.
The bug report format outline consists of several sections. The first
section provides information about the machine, operating system, the
gawk version, and the compilation environment. The second section
should be filled in with a description of the bug. The third section
should be a description of how to reproduce the bug. The optional
fourth section is for a proposed fix. Fixes are encouraged.
ENVIRONMENT
gawkbug will utilize the following environment variables if they exist:
EDITOR Specifies the preferred editor. If EDITOR is not set, gawkbug at-
tempts to locate a number of alternative editors, including vim,
and if it must, emacs. If gawkbug cannot locate any of the al-
ternative editors, it attempts to execute vi.
HOME Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail
fails.
TMPDIR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories.
SEE ALSO
gawk(1)
AUTHORS
Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
bfox@gnu.org
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
chet@po.cwru.edu
Arnold Robbins
bug-gawk@gnu.org
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