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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 0f07e210..61e41804 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -3843,7 +3843,13 @@ Command-line variable assignments of the form This option is particularly necessary for World Wide Web CGI applications that pass arguments through the URL; using this option prevents a malicious (or other) user from passing in options, assignments, or @command{awk} source -code (via @option{-e}) to the CGI application. This option should be used +code (via @option{-e}) to the CGI application.@footnote{For more detail, +please see Section 4.4 of @uref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875, +RFC 3875}. Also see the +@uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gawk/2014-11/msg00022.html, +explanatory note sent to the @command{gawk} bug +mailing list}.} +This option should be used with @samp{#!} scripts (@pxref{Executable Scripts}), like so: @example |