# configuration file which is of the format <device id> <key>.
# Lines starting with #'s are treated as comments and ignored.
# Exact matches are required, wild cards are not supported,
# configuration file which is of the format <device id> <key>.
# Lines starting with #'s are treated as comments and ignored.
# Exact matches are required, wild cards are not supported,
-# and only the first match is returned.
-ID_ZPOOL=`${AWK} "/${ID_PATH}\>/ && !/^#/ { print \\$1; exit }" ${CONFIG}`
+# and only the first match is returned. Also note the following
+# regex pattern only appears to work with gawk, not mawk or awk.
+ID_ZPOOL=`${AWK} "/\<${ID_PATH}\>/ && !/^#/ { print \\$1; exit }" ${CONFIG}`