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| author | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2018-01-25 20:41:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> | 2018-01-25 20:41:10 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 0d16818c..34ba59cf 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -4504,6 +4504,14 @@ manipulate the @env{AWKLIBPATH} variable. @code{ENVIRON["AWKLIBPATH"]}. This provides access to the actual search path value from within an @command{awk} program. +Although you can change @code{ENVIRON["AWKLIBPATH"]} within your +@command{awk} program, this has no effect on the running program's +behavior. This makes sense: the @env{AWKLIBPATH} environment variable +is used to find any requested extensions, and they are loaded before +the program starts to run. Once your program is running, all the +extensions have been found, and @command{gawk} no longer needs to use +@env{AWKLIBPATH}. + @node Other Environment Variables @subsection Other Environment Variables |