File: gawk.info,  Node: MSYS,  Prev: Cygwin,  Up: PC Installation

B.3.1.5 Using 'gawk' In The MSYS Environment
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In the MSYS environment under MS-Windows, 'gawk' automatically uses
binary mode for reading and writing files.  Thus, there is no need to
use the 'BINMODE' variable.

   This can cause problems with other Unix-like components that have
been ported to MS-Windows that expect 'gawk' to do automatic translation
of '"\r\n"', because it won't.

   Under MSYS2, compilation using the standard './configure && make'
recipe works "out of the box."