# GAWKBUG - report a bug in gawk - man(1) - [phpMan]

[_GAWKBUG_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GAWKBUG/1/markdown)                             General Commands Manual                            [_GAWKBUG_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GAWKBUG/1/markdown)

## 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 specified 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  in‐
       formation about the machine, operating system, the **gawk **version, and the compilation environ‐
       ment.   The second section should be filled in with a description of the bug.  The third sec‐
       tion 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 **can‐
              not 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gawk/1/markdown)

## 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 5.2                                  2022 Apr 18                                  [_GAWKBUG_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GAWKBUG/1/markdown)