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diff --git a/contrib/awk/LIMITATIONS b/contrib/awk/LIMITATIONS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..05e8bc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/awk/LIMITATIONS @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This file describes limits of gawk on a Unix system (although it +is variable even then). Non-Unix systems may have other limits. + +# of fields in a record: MAX_LONG +Length of input record: MAX_INT +Length of output record: unlimited +Size of a field: MAX_INT +Size of a printf string: MAX_INT +Size of a literal string: MAX_INT +Characters in a character class: 2^(# of bits per byte) +# of file redirections: unlimited +# of pipe redirections: min(# of processes per user, # of open files) +double-precision floating point +Length of source line: unlimited +Number of input records in one file: MAX_LONG +Number of input records total: MAX_LONG |
