diff --git a/ase/awk/jni.c b/ase/awk/jni.c
index 10995b69..f16aaf5e 100644
--- a/ase/awk/jni.c
+++ b/ase/awk/jni.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: jni.c,v 1.59 2007-01-28 11:28:26 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: jni.c,v 1.60 2007-01-30 10:55:27 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -1108,14 +1108,17 @@ static ase_ssize_t __process_extio (
 	ase_awk_extio_t* epa = (ase_awk_extio_t*)arg;
 	runio_data_t* runio_data = (runio_data_t*)epa->custom_data;
 
+printf ("__process_extio...\n");
 	if (cmd == ASE_AWK_IO_OPEN)
 	{
+printf ("__process_extio open...\n");
 		return __java_open_extio (
 			runio_data->env, runio_data->obj, 
 			"openExtio", epa);
 	}
 	else if (cmd == ASE_AWK_IO_CLOSE)
 	{
+printf ("__process_extio close...\n");
 		return __java_close_extio (
 			runio_data->env, runio_data->obj, 
 			"closeExtio", epa);
@@ -1128,6 +1131,7 @@ static ase_ssize_t __process_extio (
 	}
 	else if (cmd == ASE_AWK_IO_WRITE)
 	{
+printf ("__process_extio write...\n");
 		return __java_write_extio (
 			runio_data->env, runio_data->obj, 
 			"writeExtio", epa, data, size);
@@ -2072,7 +2076,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_ase_awk_Awk_valtostr (
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		ret = (*env)->NewString (env, str, len);
+		ret = (*env)->NewString (env, (jchar*)str, len);
 	}
 
 	ase_awk_free (awk, str);
diff --git a/ase/awk/jni.h b/ase/awk/jni.h
index efdb7651..1bcb2d83 100644
--- a/ase/awk/jni.h
+++ b/ase/awk/jni.h
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 /*
- * $Id: jni.h,v 1.18 2007-01-28 11:12:30 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: jni.h,v 1.19 2007-01-30 10:55:27 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef _ASE_AWK_JNI_H_
 #define _ASE_AWK_JNI_H_
 
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#include <JavaVM/jni.h>
+#else
 #include <jni.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/ase/awk/makefile.mac.gcc b/ase/awk/makefile.mac.gcc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c6605b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/makefile.mac.gcc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+OUT = aseawk
+
+C_SRCS = awk.c err.c tree.c str.c tab.c map.c parse.c \
+	run.c rec.c val.c func.c misc.c extio.c rex.c
+JNI_SRCS = jni.c
+JAVA_SRCS = Exception.java Extio.java Awk.java StdAwk.java
+
+C_OBJS = $(C_SRCS:.c=.o)
+JNI_OBJS = $(JNI_SRCS:.c=.o)
+JAVA_OBJS = $(JAVA_SRCS:.java=.class)
+
+CC = gcc
+AR = ar
+LD = ld
+RANLIB = ranlib
+CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -I../.. 
+LDFLAGS = 
+LIBS = 
+
+JAVAC = javac
+JAVACFLAGS = -classpath ../..
+
+all: lib jni
+
+lib: $(C_OBJS)
+	$(AR) cr lib$(OUT).a $(C_OBJS)
+	ranlib lib$(OUT).a
+
+jni: lib $(JNI_OBJS) $(JAVA_OBJS)
+	$(CC) -bundle -o $(OUT)_jni.so $(JNI_OBJS) -lm -L. -l$(OUT)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(C_OBJS) $(JNI_OBJS) $(JAVA_OBJS) lib$(OUT).a lib$(OUT).so *.o
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .o .java .class
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+
+.java.class:
+	$(JAVAC) $(JAVACFLAGS) $<
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/run.c b/ase/awk/run.c
index 8d6290e1..809033f6 100644
--- a/ase/awk/run.c
+++ b/ase/awk/run.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: run.c,v 1.321 2007-01-23 14:23:18 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: run.c,v 1.322 2007-01-30 10:55:27 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <ase/awk/awk_i.h>
@@ -1713,8 +1713,6 @@ static int __run_block0 (ase_awk_run_t* run, ase_awk_nde_blk_t* nde)
 		/* blockless pattern - execute print $0*/
 		ase_awk_refupval (run, run->inrec.d0);
 
-		/*n = ase_awk_writeextio_val (run, 
-			ASE_AWK_OUT_CONSOLE, ASE_T(""), run->inrec.d0);*/
 		n = ase_awk_writeextio_str (run, 
 			ASE_AWK_OUT_CONSOLE, ASE_T(""),
 			ASE_AWK_STR_BUF(&run->inrec.line),