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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index e75fd214..a8af903e 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -4819,6 +4819,25 @@ function names added by @command{gawk} after the code was written. Standard @command{awk} built-in functions, such as @code{sin()} or @code{substr()} are @emph{not} shadowed in this way. +The @code{PROCINFO["argv"]} array contains all of the command-line arguments +(after glob expansion and redirection processing on platforms where that must +be done manually by the program) with subscripts ranging from 0 through +@code{argc} @minus{} 1. For example, @code{PROCINFO["argv"][0]} will contain +the name by which @command{gawk} was invoked. Here is an example of how this +feature may be used: + +@example +awk ' +BEGIN @{ + for (i = 0; i < length(PROCINFO["argv"]); i++) + print i, PROCINFO["argv"][i] +@}' +@end example + +Please note that this differs from the standard @code{ARGV} array which does +not include command-line arguments that have already been processed by +@command{gawk} (@pxref{ARGC and ARGV}). + @end ignore @node Invoking Summary @@ -13934,8 +13953,8 @@ The current version of BWK @command{awk} and @command{mawk} also support @code{nextfile}. However, they don't allow the @code{nextfile} statement inside function bodies (@pxref{User-defined}). @command{gawk} does; a @code{nextfile} inside a function body reads the -next record and starts processing it with the first rule in the program, -just as any other @code{nextfile} statement. +first record from the next file and starts processing it with the first +rule in the program, just as any other @code{nextfile} statement. @node Exit Statement @subsection The @code{exit} Statement @@ -37837,6 +37856,8 @@ the bug reporting address is preferred because the email list is archived at the GNU Project. @emph{All email must be in English. This is the only language understood in common by all the maintainers.} +In addition, please be sure to send all mail in @emph{plain text}, +not (or not exclusively) in HTML. @cindex @code{comp.lang.awk} newsgroup @quotation CAUTION |