diff --git a/Makefile.msc b/Makefile.msc
index 1de682b854..1d936f6696 100644
--- a/Makefile.msc
+++ b/Makefile.msc
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ test:	testfixture.exe sqlite3.exe
 	.\testfixture.exe $(TOP)\test\veryquick.test
 
 spaceanal_tcl.h:	$(TOP)\tool\spaceanal.tcl
-	$(NAWK) "/^[^#]/ { gsub(/\\/,\"\\\\\\\\\");gsub(/\\\"/,\"\\\\\\\"\");gsub(/^/,\"\\\"\");gsub(/$$/,\"\\n\\\"\");print }" \
+	$(NAWK) -f $(TOP)/tool/tostr.awk \
 		$(TOP)\tool\spaceanal.tcl >spaceanal_tcl.h
 
 sqlite3_analyzer.exe:	$(TESTFIXTURE_SRC) spaceanal_tcl.h
diff --git a/main.mk b/main.mk
index ec743be439..24e54ad83d 100644
--- a/main.mk
+++ b/main.mk
@@ -550,13 +550,8 @@ threadtest: threadtest3$(EXE)
 
 sqlite3_analyzer$(EXE):	$(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c sqlite3.c $(TESTSRC) \
 			$(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl
-	sed \
-	  -e '/^#/d' \
-	  -e 's,\\,\\\\,g' \
-	  -e 's,",\\",g' \
-	  -e 's,^,",' \
-	  -e 's,$$,\\n",' \
-	  $(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl >spaceanal_tcl.h
+	$(NAWK) -f $(TOP)/tool/tostr.awk $(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl \
+		 >spaceanal_tcl.h
 	$(TCCX) $(TCL_FLAGS) -DTCLSH=2 $(TESTFIXTURE_FLAGS)                    \
 		-DSQLITE_TEST=1 -DSQLITE_PRIVATE=""                            \
 		$(TESTSRC) $(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c sqlite3.c                    \
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 42f907d912..337be6a351 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-C More\stypo\sfixes\sin\sevidence\smarks.\s\sNo\scode\schanges.
-D 2011-06-20T23:51:33.581
+C Add\sa\snew\sAWK\sscript\sin\sthe\stool/\sfolder\sfor\sconverting\stext\sfiles\sinto\nC\sstring\sliterals.\s\sUse\sit\sfor\sbuilding\ssqlite3_analyzer.
+D 2011-06-21T03:36:06.406
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc d6df77f1f48d690bd73162294bbba7f59507c72f
 F Makefile.in c1d7a7f4fd8da6b1815032efca950e3d5125407e
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
-F Makefile.msc c942f2ceb9385d6c75b01ee3d38d8a189fb76e8c
+F Makefile.msc 341373786f1481b6027e26162d2a73db4ad12306
 F Makefile.vxworks c85ec1d8597fe2f7bc225af12ac1666e21379151
 F README cd04a36fbc7ea56932a4052d7d0b7f09f27c33d6
 F VERSION 3fcdd7fbe3eb282df3978fe77288544543767961
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ F ext/rtree/tkt3363.test 142ab96eded44a3615ec79fba98c7bde7d0f96de
 F ext/rtree/viewrtree.tcl eea6224b3553599ae665b239bd827e182b466024
 F install-sh 9d4de14ab9fb0facae2f48780b874848cbf2f895 x
 F ltmain.sh 3ff0879076df340d2e23ae905484d8c15d5fdea8
-F main.mk 6de0d92dcae3d399a6bafaeb23b57f6ef0f41955
+F main.mk 4918ba9d27921895ddc6abaeebb43a633f5d23c7
 F mkdll.sh 7d09b23c05d56532e9d44a50868eb4b12ff4f74a
 F mkextu.sh 416f9b7089d80e5590a29692c9d9280a10dbad9f
 F mkextw.sh 4123480947681d9b434a5e7b1ee08135abe409ac
@@ -944,9 +944,10 @@ F tool/speedtest8.c 2902c46588c40b55661e471d7a86e4dd71a18224
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
 F tool/split-sqlite3c.tcl d9be87f1c340285a3e081eb19b4a247981ed290c
 F tool/symbols.sh bc2a3709940d47c8ac8e0a1fdf17ec801f015a00
+F tool/tostr.awk 11760e1b94a5d3dcd42378f3cc18544c06cfa576
 F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl d70ea6d8a19e3571d7ab8c9b75cba86d1173ff0f
 F tool/warnings.sh 347d974d143cf132f953b565fbc03026f19fcb4d
-P bd980be471b185e2dc45875804103d5afc8f78cf
-R 129d3396a51cd277a2cd5fd90ed058d9
+P e60eefc76fa5066720d76858f6cfca56365330ee
+R 6bcbb640ed0444c63b52a62d6c605768
 U drh
-Z c467af82d7eff2f784ff6186e148e641
+Z 23ac254af253dc4e456f23427954539d
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index df26e53231..55c06d5f0e 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e60eefc76fa5066720d76858f6cfca56365330ee
\ No newline at end of file
+dcb46d3f68e219a84c67c7ffef26fd2076a0ba28
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tool/tostr.awk b/tool/tostr.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c6cc1a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tool/tostr.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/awk
+#
+# Convert input text into a C string
+#
+{
+  gsub(/\\/,"\\\\");
+  gsub(/\"/,"\\\"");
+  print "\"" $0 "\\n\"";
+}