From 1ffb4b6811c3cff59b0acaed0e9e2aabe3291b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:42:20 +1300
Subject: Use more portable awk stderr write

The fork is a bit ugly, but it's only for printing a single error.
---
 bin/gwp.awk | 2 +-
 bin/med.awk | 2 +-
 bin/sec.awk | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bin')

diff --git a/bin/gwp.awk b/bin/gwp.awk
index 32fe97f2..976b5b84 100644
--- a/bin/gwp.awk
+++ b/bin/gwp.awk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 # Bailout function
 function fail(str) {
-    printf "%s: %s\n", self, str > "/dev/stderr"
+    printf "%s: %s\n", self, str | "cat >&2"
     exit(1)
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/med.awk b/bin/med.awk
index 8167f8dd..aee120cb 100644
--- a/bin/med.awk
+++ b/bin/med.awk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Get the median of a list of numbers
 { vals[NR] = $1 }
 NR > 1 && vals[NR] < vals[NR-1] && !warn++ {
-    printf "med: Input not sorted!\n" > "/dev/stderr"
+    printf "med: Input not sorted!\n" | "cat >&2"
 }
 END {
     # Error out if we read no values at all
diff --git a/bin/sec.awk b/bin/sec.awk
index 3ebf02b6..001b017d 100644
--- a/bin/sec.awk
+++ b/bin/sec.awk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BEGIN { FS = ":0*" }
 # If no fields, too many fields, or illegal characters, warn, skip line, accrue
 # errors
 !NF || NF > 3 || /[^0-9:]/ {
-    print "sec: Bad format" > "/dev/stderr"
+    print "sec: Bad format" | "cat >&2"
     err = 1
     next
 }
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