awk -f - in Ultrix 4.0

[Lai-Chang Woo]

In article <1991Mar20.171431.13307 at math.ucla.edu> abby at luna.math.ucla.edu (Abby Hossein) writes:
>Does anyone know why, in 4.0 on DEC5000, "awk -f - filename" produces 
>"Can't open -"!? The man page says it supports the "-" option but then 
>again, this is not the first time I see a man page lie!

This is not the only thing that breaks in awk either.  Dump awk and just use
nawk instead.  Your life will be much easier.

					Lai-Chang Woo
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