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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2012-02-06 21:40:45 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2012-02-06 21:40:45 +0200
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Minor edits to John's changes.
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.1 b/doc/gawk.1
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@@ -1131,8 +1131,8 @@ depending on how the elements of the array are to be ordered.
.TP
\fBPROCINFO["input", "READ_TIMEOUT"]\fP
specifies the timeout in milliseconds for reading data from
-.I input
-, where
+.IR input ,
+where
.I input
is a redirection string or a filename. A value of zero or
less than zero means no timeout.
@@ -3595,7 +3595,9 @@ and
.B \-\^\-file
options.
.PP
-The GAWK_READ_TIMEOUT environment variable can be used to specify a timeout
+The
+.B GAWK_READ_TIMEOUT
+environment variable can be used to specify a timeout
in milliseconds for reading input from a terminal, pipe
or two-way communication including sockets.
.PP