Listing 3: template

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# template - template for creating awk scripts to read
# the output from stat in a standard format.

#_begin template for stat args: -oidlugpsanw
# mode inum device [idnum] links uid gid fsize day
# month dayofmonth time year [access] fname

mode=$1
inum=$2
device=$3

# the [constructed] idnum must be used when scanning
# multiple file systems in order to uniquely
# identify the file.
idnum=sprintf("%s %s", inum, device)

links=$4
uid=$5
gid=$6
fsize=$7

day=$8
month=$9
dayofmonth=$10
time=$11
year=$12
# access=sprintf("%s %s %s %s %s",
#    day, month, dayofmonth, time, year)

fname=$13
#_end template