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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2017-04-12 11:30:38 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2017-04-12 11:30:38 +0300
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@@ -556,8 +556,10 @@ fails, or if
\*(FCclose()\*(FR fails.
T}
\*(FCFIELDWIDTHS\fP T{
-Whitespace separated list of field widths. Used
-to parse the input into fields of fixed width,
+Whitespace-separated list of field widths.
+Each field width may optionally be preceded by a colon-separated
+value specifying the number of characters to skip before the field starts.
+Used to parse the input into fields of fixed width,
instead of the value of \*(FCFS\fP.\*(CD
T}
\*(FCFILENAME\fP T{
@@ -1017,6 +1019,8 @@ also affects how fields are split when
variable is set to a space-separated list of numbers, each field is
expected to have a fixed width, and \*(GK
splits up the record using the specified widths.
+Each field width may optionally be preceded by a colon-separated
+value specifying the number of characters to skip before the field starts.
The value of \*(FCFS\fP is ignored.
Assigning a new value to \*(FCFS\fP or \*(FCFPAT\fP
overrides the use of \*(FCFIELDWIDTHS\*(FR.