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+# zerofile.awk --- library file to process empty input files
+#
+# Arnold Robbins, arnold@gnu.org, Public Domain
+# June 2003
+
+BEGIN { Argind = 0 }
+
+ARGIND > Argind + 1 {
+    for (Argind++; Argind < ARGIND; Argind++)
+        zerofile(ARGV[Argind], Argind)
+}
+
+ARGIND != Argind { Argind = ARGIND }
+
+END {
+    if (ARGIND > Argind)
+        for (Argind++; Argind <= ARGIND; Argind++)
+            zerofile(ARGV[Argind], Argind)
+}