B.1.1 Getting the gawk Distribution

• Copy it from someone else who already has it.

• Order gawk directly from the Free Software Foundation. Software distributions are available for Unix, MS-DOS, and VMS, on tape and CD-ROM. Their address is:

  Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Phone: +1-617-542-5942 Fax (including Japan): +1-617-542-2652 Email: gnu@gnu.org URL: http://www.gnu.org/

  Ordering from the FSF directly contributes to the support of the foundation and to the production of more free software.

• Retrieve gawk by using anonymous ftp to the Internet host gnudist.gnu.org, in the directory `/gnu/gawk'.

The GNU software archive is mirrored around the world. The up-to-date list of mirror sites is available from the main FSF web site. Try to use one of the mirrors; they will be less busy, and you can usually find one closer to your site.