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author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2012-08-10 11:53:37 +0300 |
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committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2012-08-10 11:53:37 +0300 |
commit | 35716c6aaa573dc15012fe1cba8d18b242367fd0 (patch) | |
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Doc updates. Mostly about the API.
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ . if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq . \} .\} -.TH GAWK 1 "Nov 10 2011" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" +.TH GAWK 1 "Aug 09 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands" .SH NAME gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -3181,24 +3181,11 @@ may be used in place of .SH DYNAMICALLY LOADING NEW FUNCTIONS You can dynamically add new built-in functions to the running .I gawk -interpreter. +interpreter with the +.B @load +statement. The full details are beyond the scope of this manual page; -see \*(EP for the details. -.PP -.TP 8 -\fBextension(\fIobject\fB, \fIfunction\fB)\fR -Dynamically link the shared object file named by -.IR object , -and invoke -.I function -in that object, to perform initialization. -These should both be provided as strings. -Return the value returned by -.IR function . -.PP -Using this feature at the C level is not pretty, but -it is unlikely to go away. Additional mechanisms may -be added at some point. +see \*(EP. .SH SIGNALS The .I gawk @@ -3727,7 +3714,7 @@ status is 2. On non-POSIX systems, this value may be mapped to .SH VERSION INFORMATION This man page documents .IR gawk , -version 4.0. +version 4.1. .SH AUTHORS The original version of \*(UX .I awk @@ -3805,6 +3792,7 @@ While the developers occasionally read this newsgroup, posting bug reports there is an unreliable way to report bugs. Instead, please use the electronic mail addresses given above. +Really. .PP If you're using a GNU/Linux or BSD-based system, you may wish to submit a bug report to the vendor of your distribution. @@ -3824,6 +3812,7 @@ are surprisingly difficult to diagnose in the completely general case, and the effort to do so really is not worth it. .SH SEE ALSO .IR egrep (1), +.IR sed (1), .IR getpid (2), .IR getppid (2), .IR getpgrp (2), @@ -3839,7 +3828,7 @@ Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger, Addison-Wesley, 1988. ISBN 0-201-07981-X. .PP \*(EP, -Edition 4.0, shipped with the +Edition 4.1, shipped with the .I gawk source. The current version of this document is available online at |