This version of gawk (including extensions) has been compiled for
Windows with a MinGW-w64 implementation of the gcc v9.5.0
(https://winlibs.com/).

Main contents of gawk-5.4.1-win64.zip:

gawk-5.4.1\README.txt                                              (this file)
gawk-5.4.1\sha256sum.txt                             (sha256sum checksum file)
gawk-5.4.1\bin\gawk.exe                                  (binary file of gawk)
gawk-5.4.1\lib\gawk\*.dll                   (.dll binaries of gawk extensions)
gawk-5.4.1\share\man\man1\gawk.1.txt     (gawk manpage in man and text format)
gawk-5.4.1\share\man\man3\*.3am.txt                   (manpages of extensions)

Recommendation for installation: 

   - unzip the archive to (e.g.) c:\

   - add  c:\gawk-5.4.1\bin to the list of directories assigned to the PATH
     environment variable of your Windows system.

   - if you wish to use the gawk extensions (*.dll), make them
     accessible to gawk.exe through the AWKLIBPATH environment variable,
     e.g. with:

     set AWKLIBPATH=c:\gawk-5.4.1\lib\gawk

     or copy the *.dll to c:\gawk-5.4.1\bin

For details see the documentation in gawk.1.txt and the manual
available at https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/. The source code
for gawk may be obtained from ftp.gnu.org.

The executable file gawk.exe and the *.dll in this archive are a 64-bit
application.

The executable file and this document is made available without any
warranty. No support is provided for this compiled software. Information
on problems, however, is welcome.

Volker Kiefel
2026-07-23
