AWK - Deleting files using GNU awk

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Deleting files using GNU awk

mickey

2004-03-19, 8:24 pm

Hello,

I have a couple of AWK scripts that are used on multiple platforms
(Linux, Windows, and *BSD). During their operation they generate a
number of intermediate files that I wuld like to delete at the end. Is
there a way to delete files using awk?

Thanks,

-M

Ed Morton

2004-03-19, 8:24 pm

mickey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a couple of AWK scripts that are used on multiple platforms
> (Linux, Windows, and *BSD). During their operation they generate a
> number of intermediate files that I wuld like to delete at the end. Is
> there a way to delete files using awk?

Use the awk "system" to call the shell "rm".

Ed.

> Thanks,
>
> -M

mickey

2004-03-19, 8:24 pm

Ed Morton wrote:

>
>
> mickey wrote:
>
>
>
> Use the awk "system" to call the shell "rm".
>
> Ed.
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>

Is rm a standard command on windows too? I have it but because I have
the unxutils installed.

-M

Cesar Rabak

2004-03-19, 8:24 pm

mickey escreveu:
[snipped]

>
> Is rm a standard command on windows too? I have it but because I have
> the unxutils installed.
>
No, it is not. The commando in windows is 'del'.

Ted Davis

2004-03-19, 8:24 pm

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:17:23 -0500, mickey <micky@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Ed Morton wrote:
>
>
>Is rm a standard command on windows too? I have it but because I have
>the unxutils installed.

You will have to detect the OS, or provide a translation batch file on
the Windows systems to respond to rm or a shell script (or maybe a
link) on the *ix machines to respond to del - in each case, the same
command can then be used regardless of OS. There are also rm
utilities available for Windows that mimic the *ix utility's syntax.

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