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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-3.0.6.tar.gz'),
 first 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 flags
      gzip -d -c gawk-3.0.6.tar.gz | tar -xvpf -
 
 This will create a directory named `gawk-3.0.6' in the current
 directory.
 
    The distribution file name is of the form `gawk-V.R.N.tar.gz'.  The
 V represents the major version of `gawk', the R represents the current
 release of version V, and the N represents a "patch level", meaning
 that minor bugs have been fixed in the release.  The current patch
 level is 6, but when retrieving distributions, you should get the
 version with the highest version, release, and patch level.  (Note that
 release levels greater than or equal to 90 denote "beta," or
 non-production software; you may not wish to retrieve such a version
 unless you don't mind experimenting.)
 
    If you are not on a Unix system, you will need to make other
 arrangements for getting and extracting the `gawk' distribution.  You
 should consult a local expert.
 

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