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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 spec-
       ified 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
	      attempts	to  locate  a number of	alternative editors, including
	      vim, and if it must, emacs.  If gawkbug cannot locate any	of the
	      alternative 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

GNU Awk	5.3			2023 October 18			    GAWKBUG(1)

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