[ale] wierd scripting problem

[Geoffrey Myers]

I've got an unusual scripting problem that happens under Linux but not
on an HP or Sun box.  I have a shell script that creates 5 files with
some initial information.  I then call an awk script that will append
to these files.  Basically, it looks like this:

prefix=$(date "+%d%m%y")
for fn in foo bar foobar  barfoo  foofoo; do

	print "string of stuff" > ${prefix}${fn}.html
done

awk -f foo.awk foo=foo bar=bar .....

I get the following error:

awk: foo.awk:1: fatal: cannot open file `foofoo' for reading
	(No such file or directory)

Now the error is always references the last file in the for() loop.
Wierd thing is, I'm not tring to read the file, but write to it.

I assume it's a buffering issue, and I've been able to rid myself of
the problem by enclosing the for loop in parens, but this, to me is a
hack.  Any suggestions?

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