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-.TH CPPAWK 1 "25 March 2022" "Utility Commands" "Awk With C Preprocessing"
+.TH CPPAWK 1 "28 March 2022" "Utility Commands" "Awk With C Preprocessing"
.SH NAME
cppawk \- wrapper for awk, with C preprocessing
@@ -187,8 +187,19 @@ assumes at least version 4.0.
.B cppawk
points the preprocessor to look for
.BI "#include <...>"
-files in its own directory. There are currently no files
-in this directory.
+files in its own directory, which contains a library of header files that accompany
+.BR cppawk .
+
+.IR <case.h>
+This header provides macros for writing a
+.BI case
+statement. The case statement
+syntax is designed so that a GNU Awk switch statement is easily converted to it.
+The preprocessor translates it back to a clean GNU Awk switch statement,
+or to portable Awk code that runs on other Awks. The contents of this header
+are documented by the
+.B cppawk-case
+manual page.
.SH EXAMPLES
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