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Trail: To 1.1 -- And Beyond!
Lesson: Migrating to 1.1

## Platform-specific Details: Using the updateAWT Script

> Here's an example of using the `updateAWT` script to help convert a 1.0 AWT program to the 1.1 API. The example shows the commands you might enter at a shell prompt on a UNIX system.
> 1. Run the script:

>    >     % cp MyClass.java OldMyClass.java
>    >     % updateAWT MyClass.java > tmp.java

> 2. Check the changes to make sure nothing obviously bad happened. For example, on a UNIX system, you might execute the following command:

>    >     % diff MyClass.java tmp.java

> 3. After confirming that the changes look OK, save the new version of the program:

>    >     % mv tmp.java MyClass.java

> 4. Try recompiling the program to make sure that the script didn't incorrectly convert a method name. Be sure to use a 1.1 compiler.

>    >     % javac MyClass.java

>    You might still get a few deprecation warnings, but you shouldn't get any compile errors.

> 5. If the program doesn't compile, you probably have to undo a change the script made. See Simple Name Changes for help.

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