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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2018-01-25 20:39:25 +0200
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@@ -4504,6 +4504,14 @@ manipulate the @env{AWKLIBPATH} variable.
@code{ENVIRON["AWKLIBPATH"]}. This provides access to the actual search
path value from within an @command{awk} program.
+Although you can change @code{ENVIRON["AWKLIBPATH"]} within your
+@command{awk} program, this has no effect on the running program's
+behavior. This makes sense: the @env{AWKLIBPATH} environment variable
+is used to find any requested extensions, and they are loaded before
+the program starts to run. Once your program is running, all the
+extensions have been found, and @command{gawk} no longer needs to use
+@env{AWKLIBPATH}.
+
@node Other Environment Variables
@subsection Other Environment Variables