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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2020-11-16 14:36:03 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2020-11-16 14:36:03 +0200
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@@ -14784,9 +14784,10 @@ not currently in an @code{END} rule, @code{ARGIND} is
incremented, and any @code{BEGINFILE} rules are executed. (@code{ARGIND}
hasn't been introduced yet. @xref{Built-in Variables}.)
-With @command{gawk}, @code{nextfile} is useful inside a @code{BEGINFILE}
+There is an additional, special, use case
+with @command{gawk}. @code{nextfile} is useful inside a @code{BEGINFILE}
rule to skip over a file that would otherwise cause @command{gawk}
-to exit with a fatal error. In this case, @code{ENDFILE} rules are not
+to exit with a fatal error. In this special case, @code{ENDFILE} rules are not
executed. @xref{BEGINFILE/ENDFILE}.
Although it might seem that @samp{close(FILENAME)} would accomplish