[bug] cannot allocate memory

[Jeff Chua]

Version: GNU Awk 3.1.2

Problem:

awk: ./getInv.awk:62: (FILENAME=- FNR=2878) fatal: grow_iop_buffer:
iop->buf: can't allocate -2147483646 bytes of memory (Cannot allocate
memory)

Command:

        invPaging.sql DJN 10 | getInv.awk


Workaround:

        invPaging.sql DJN 10 >tmpfile
        getInv.awk tmpfile

Using "pipe" fails "sometimes". Not all the time. System has plenty of
memory. 3GB RAM. No swap. Not much activity in fact.

Is this a known problem? Any fix?




Thanks,
Jeff
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