[GRASSLIST:9693] Re: awk not found, mac osx

[Markus Neteler]

Dave,

the awk test in the v.db.addcol script wasn't written in a portable way.

It should be:

#### check if we have awk
if [ ! -x "`which awk`" ] ; then
    echo "$PROG: awk required, please install awk or gawk first" 2>&1
    exit 1
fi

I have updated all scripts in 6.1-CVS and also in 6.0-CVS (for the upcoming
release candidate 2 and the 6.0.2 final version). I have also updated
some other
tests in the 6.1-CVS scripts.

You can either update the v.db.addcol locally with a text editor or
wait for the next version of Lorenzo's binaries.

cheers
 Markus

Dave Kent wrote:

> Happy new year all.
>
> I am using 6.1 CVS with Lorenzo's binaries (17 Dec.) on a macintosh OS
> 10.4.  
>
> When I try to add a database column I get:
>
> v.db.addcol map=CondieHead layer=1 'columns=Elev varchar(10)'
> csh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory.
> : awk required, please install awk/gawk first
>
>
> This suggests awk is absent.  When I invoke awk from the grass command
> line, I get:
>
> GRASS 6.1.cvs (SaskNad83UTM) > awk
> Usage: awk [-f programfile | 'program'] [-Ffieldsep] [-v var=value]
> [files]
>
>
> This suggests that awk is present as it lists  the help line.
>
> I have not installed awk/gawk.  Any present would be the OSX installation.
>
> Are there some environmental or other settings I need to set so that
> Grass sees awk?
>
> This also happens when opening a QGIS connection from the display manager.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>