File:  AWK\ReadMe.txt
Date: 20 Apr 01

Subject:  AWK_Example_SkiPro_Resids.ZIP file

AWK is a freeware script interpreter available on the Internet that provides an extensive
selection of text parsing and numerical computation capabilities. 

The AWK.EXE executable included in this ZIP disk is a freeware DOS PC EXE file obtained
from one of the several AWK websites on Internet.  AWK.EXE is run from a DOS window via
BAT file command line arguments.

If you are somewhat familiar with programming in C, you should find AWK
to be very useful and easy to use.

For more info on how to use AWK, see the online AWK user manual
at the following website:
www.gnu.org/manual/gawk-3.0.3/html_mono/gawk.html

This online AWK manual is easy to use (the text is hyperlinked), and contains
more info that the AWK.DOC manual included in this ZIP file.

This ZIP file should be unzipped into the embedded folder structure contained in the ZIP file,
as noted below containing:
AWK\ReadMe.txt              = This ReadMe file
AWK\AWK.doc                 = An AWK manual obtained from an AWK website,
                              (less info than the online manual noted above).
AWK\Example_AWK\*.*         = Folder with an Example AWK script to introduce a new user to AWK.
AWK\SkiProV1_Resids_AWK\*.* = Folder with the AWK script to convert a SkiPro V1 residuals logfile
                              into an Excel import compatible CSV comma delimited text file.
AWK\SkiProV2_Resids_AWK\*.* = Folder with the AWK script to convert a SkiPro V2 residuals logfile
                              into an Excel import compatible CSV comma delimited text file.

NOTE:  Since the file format of the SkiPro residuals logfile changed slightly
between SkiPro V1.x and SkiPro V2.x, two slightly different AWK scripts are used here.

In each AWK subfolder, a ReadMe.txt file is included with additional info on that AWK SCRIPT.

Each of the 3 AWK script subfolders included in this ZIP file includes a sample test case
input file in its INPUT subfolder, and when run with the BAT file, will process the sample
input text file and create the sample output text file in its OUTPUT folder.