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@@ -330,11 +330,10 @@ these options cause an immediate, successful exit.)
Load a shared library
.IR lib .
This searches for the library using the
-.B AWKPATH
-environment variable. The suffix
-.I .so
-in the library name is optional, and
-the library initialization routine is expected to be named
+.B AWKLIBPATH
+environment variable. If the initial search fails, another attempt will
+be made after appending the default shared library suffix for the platform.
+The library initialization routine is expected to be named
.BR dlload() .
.TP
.PD 0
@@ -3596,6 +3595,16 @@ and
options.
.PP
The
+.B AWKLIBPATH
+environment variable can be used to provide a list of directories that
+.I gawk
+searches when looking for files named via the
+.B \-l
+and
+.B \-\^\-load
+options.
+.PP
+The
.B GAWK_READ_TIMEOUT
environment variable can be used to specify a timeout
in milliseconds for reading input from a terminal, pipe