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B.3.1.2 Compiling 'gawk' for PC Operating Systems
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'gawk' can be compiled for Windows32 using MinGW (Windows32).  The file
'README_d/README.pc' in the 'gawk' distribution contains additional
notes, and 'pc/Makefile' contains important information on compilation
options.

   To build 'gawk' for Windows32, copy the files in the 'pc' directory
(_except_ for 'ChangeLog') to the directory with the rest of the 'gawk'
sources, then invoke 'make' with the appropriate target name as an
argument to build 'gawk'.  The 'Makefile' copied from the 'pc' directory
contains a configuration section with comments and may need to be edited
in order to work with your 'make' utility.

   The 'Makefile' supports a number of targets for building various
Windows32 versions.  A list of targets is printed if the 'make' command
is given without a target.  As an example, to build a native MS-Windows
binary of 'gawk' using the MinGW tools, type 'make mingw32'.