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+# Unmodified nawk prints the 16 bit exit status divided by 256, but
+# does so using floating point arithmetic, yielding strange results.
+#
+# The fix is to use the various macros defined for wait(2) and to
+# use the signal number + 256 for death by signal, or signal number + 512
+# for death by signal with core dump.
+
+BEGIN {
+	status = system("exit 42")
+	print "normal status", status
+
+	status = system("kill -HUP $$")
+	print "death by signal status", status
+
+	status = system("kill -ABRT $$")
+	print "death by signal with core dump status", status
+
+	system("rm -f core*")
+}