Problem with File input in gawk on Win32

[Reza Ghorieshi]

Hello,

I am having a problem the automated file input feature in gawk under win32 (DOS - windows 2000).  I am using the following command:

    c:\gawk -f  program-file  input-file1

Unfortunately, the input-file is never read by the program. Thus, given a none empty input file, and a program file containing:  BEGIN {print $0}
it prints nothing.

However,   c:\gawk "{print $0}" input-file1  works fine.

I am forced to use the:   while ((getline < "input-file1") > 0) 
method, which I very much would like to avoid.

Any advise/assistance you can provide is much appreciated.

Thank you,
Reza