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- # Date: 04-12-89 11:24
- # From: Jeff Clough
- # To: Rob Duff
- # Subj: Bug (I think) in AWK 2.12
-
- # The AWK documentation implied that I could write to a file and then use
- # that same file for input provided that I closed the file first. When I tried
- # to do this, I found that the file was erase as it was opened the second time
- # (for input).
-
- BEGIN {
- print "This is not a test, this is ROCK AND ROLL." > "reopen.dat"
- close ("reopen.dat");
- getline < "reopen.dat"
- print
- }
-