ax_check_awk_rand (Autoconf Archive)

ax_check_awk_rand

Synopsis

AX_CHECK_AWK_RAND([ACTION-IF-SUCCESS],[ACTION-IF-FAILURE])

Description

Check if AWK supports rand() function. If successful execute ACTION-IF-SUCCESS otherwise ACTION-IF-FAILURE.

This work is heavily based upon testawk.sh script by Heiner Steven. You should find his script (and related works) at <http://www.shelldorado.com/articles/awkcompat.html>. Thanks to Alessandro Massignan for his suggestions and extensive nawk tests on FreeBSD.

Source Code

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License

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