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If you have received a binary distribution prepared by the DOS
maintainers, then gawk and the necessary support files appear
under the gnu directory, with executables in gnu/bin,
libraries in gnu/lib/awk, and manual pages under gnu/man.
This is designed for easy installation to a /gnu directory on your
drive--however, the files can be installed anywhere provided AWKPATH is
set properly. Regardless of the installation directory, the first line of
igawk.cmd and igawk.bat (in gnu/bin) may need to be
edited.
The binary distribution contains a separate file describing the
contents. In particular, it may include more than one version of the
gawk executable.
OS/2 (32 bit, EMX) binary distributions are prepared for the /usr
directory of your preferred drive. Set UNIXROOT to your installation
drive (e.g., e:) if you want to install gawk onto another drive
than the hardcoded default c:. Executables appear in /usr/bin,
libraries under /usr/share/awk, manual pages under /usr/man,
Texinfo documentation under /usr/info and NLS files under /usr/share/locale.
If you already have a file /usr/info/dir from another package
do not overwrite it! Instead enter the following commands at your prompt
(replace x: by your installation drive):
install-info --info-dir=x:/usr/info x:/usr/info/gawk.info install-info --info-dir=x:/usr/info x:/usr/info/gawkinet.info
However, the files can be installed anywhere provided AWKPATH is
set properly.
The binary distribution may contain a separate file containing additional or more detailed installation instructions.