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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/awkcard.in | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gawk.info | 604 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gawk.texi | 8 |
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@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ TODO Minor Cleanups and Code Improvements ------------------------------------ - Sync doc with current mawk features and web site. - make check with AWKFLAGS=-M has 4 tests that fail but the results are not reflected in make diffout. Look at this. diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 3c4e1fc4..09beb1e4 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-01-08 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Sync what mawk has. Main point of + interest is that mawk supports the three time functions. + 2013-01-06 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Add Git Hub info for BWK awk. diff --git a/doc/awkcard.in b/doc/awkcard.in index 274f079f..67bf3db5 100644 --- a/doc/awkcard.in +++ b/doc/awkcard.in @@ -1778,8 +1778,8 @@ left unchanged.\*(CX .\" --- Built-in Time Functions .ES .fi -\*(CD\*(GK -provides the following functions for obtaining time stamps and +\*(CD\*(GK and \*(MK +provide the following functions for obtaining time stamps and formatting them. .sp .5 .fi @@ -1811,9 +1811,9 @@ of \*(FIdate\*(FR(1). \*(FCsystime()\fP .br Return the current time of day as the number of -seconds since the Epoch.\*(CB +seconds since the Epoch.\*(CL .in -.2i -.EB "\s+2\f(HBTIME FUNCTIONS (\*(GK\f(HB)\*(FR\s0" +.EB "\s+2\f(HBTIME FUNCTIONS\*(FR\s0" .sp .6 .\" --- Built-in Bit Manipulation Functions .ES diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info index 835d83a3..82ff0c46 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.info +++ b/doc/gawk.info @@ -12092,8 +12092,9 @@ timestamps that represent times before the epoch. In order to make it easier to process such log files and to produce useful reports, `gawk' provides the following functions for working with timestamps. They are `gawk' extensions; they are not specified in -the POSIX standard, nor are they in any other known version of `awk'.(2) -Optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets ([ ]): +the POSIX standard.(2) However, recent versions of `mawk' (*note Other +Versions::) also support these functions. Optional parameters are +enclosed in square brackets ([ ]): `mktime(DATESPEC)' Turn DATESPEC into a timestamp in the same form as is returned by @@ -25009,6 +25010,7 @@ Feature BWK Awk Mawk GNU Awk `delete' without subscript X X X `length()' of an array X X `BINMODE' variable X X +Time related functions X X File: gawk.info, Node: Ranges and Locales, Next: Contributors, Prev: Common Extensions, Up: Language History @@ -26221,8 +26223,8 @@ Unix `awk' In 2009, Thomas Dickey took on `mawk' maintenance. Basic information is available on the project's web page - (http://www.invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html). The download - URL is `http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/mawk.tar.gz'. + (http://www.invisible-island.net/mawk). The download URL is + `http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/mawk.tar.gz'. Once you have it, `gunzip' may be used to decompress this file. Installation is similar to `gawk''s (*note Unix Installation::). @@ -29843,7 +29845,7 @@ Index * continue statement: Continue Statement. (line 6) * control statements: Statements. (line 6) * converting, case: String Functions. (line 522) -* converting, dates to timestamps: Time Functions. (line 74) +* converting, dates to timestamps: Time Functions. (line 75) * converting, during subscripting: Numeric Array Subscripts. (line 31) * converting, numbers to strings <1>: Bitwise Functions. (line 109) @@ -29919,8 +29921,8 @@ Index * database, group, reading: Group Functions. (line 6) * database, users, reading: Passwd Functions. (line 6) * date utility, GNU: Time Functions. (line 17) -* date utility, POSIX: Time Functions. (line 261) -* dates, converting to timestamps: Time Functions. (line 74) +* date utility, POSIX: Time Functions. (line 262) +* dates, converting to timestamps: Time Functions. (line 75) * dates, information related to, localization: Explaining gettext. (line 115) * Davies, Stephen <1>: Contributors. (line 74) @@ -30380,7 +30382,7 @@ Index (line 57) * format specifiers, printf statement: Control Letters. (line 6) * format specifiers, strftime() function (gawk): Time Functions. - (line 87) + (line 88) * format strings: Basic Printf. (line 15) * formats, numeric output: OFMT. (line 6) * formatting output: Printf. (line 6) @@ -30532,7 +30534,7 @@ Index * gawk, octal numbers and: Nondecimal-numbers. (line 42) * gawk, OS/2 version of: PC Using. (line 11) * gawk, PROCINFO array in <1>: Two-way I/O. (line 116) -* gawk, PROCINFO array in <2>: Time Functions. (line 46) +* gawk, PROCINFO array in <2>: Time Functions. (line 47) * gawk, PROCINFO array in: Auto-set. (line 130) * gawk, regexp constants and: Using Constant Regexps. (line 28) @@ -30897,7 +30899,7 @@ Index * message object files, specifying directory of: Explaining gettext. (line 53) * metacharacters, escape sequences for: Escape Sequences. (line 132) -* mktime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 24) +* mktime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 25) * modifiers, in format specifiers: Format Modifiers. (line 6) * monetary information, localization: Explaining gettext. (line 103) * MPFR: Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic. @@ -31169,7 +31171,7 @@ Index * POSIX awk, changes in awk versions: POSIX. (line 6) * POSIX awk, continue statement and: Continue Statement. (line 43) * POSIX awk, CONVFMT variable and: User-modified. (line 28) -* POSIX awk, date utility and: Time Functions. (line 261) +* POSIX awk, date utility and: Time Functions. (line 262) * POSIX awk, field separators and <1>: Field Splitting Summary. (line 41) * POSIX awk, field separators and: Fields. (line 6) @@ -31239,7 +31241,7 @@ Index * PROCINFO array <2>: Id Program. (line 15) * PROCINFO array <3>: Group Functions. (line 6) * PROCINFO array <4>: Passwd Functions. (line 6) -* PROCINFO array <5>: Time Functions. (line 46) +* PROCINFO array <5>: Time Functions. (line 47) * PROCINFO array <6>: Auto-set. (line 130) * PROCINFO array: Obsolete. (line 11) * profiling awk programs: Profiling. (line 6) @@ -31565,7 +31567,7 @@ Index * stream editors <1>: Simple Sed. (line 6) * stream editors: Field Splitting Summary. (line 47) -* strftime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 47) +* strftime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 48) * string constants: Scalar Constants. (line 15) * string constants, vs. regexp constants: Computed Regexps. (line 38) * string extraction (internationalization): String Extraction. @@ -31610,7 +31612,7 @@ Index * syntactic ambiguity: /= operator vs. /=.../ regexp constant: Assignment Ops. (line 148) * system() function: I/O Functions. (line 72) -* systime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 64) +* systime() function (gawk): Time Functions. (line 65) * t debugger command (alias for tbreak): Breakpoint Control. (line 90) * tbreak debugger command: Breakpoint Control. (line 90) * Tcl: Library Names. (line 57) @@ -31655,7 +31657,7 @@ Index * time, retrieving: Time Functions. (line 17) * timeout, reading input: Read Timeout. (line 6) * timestamps: Time Functions. (line 6) -* timestamps, converting dates to: Time Functions. (line 74) +* timestamps, converting dates to: Time Functions. (line 75) * timestamps, formatted: Getlocaltime Function. (line 6) * tolower() function: String Functions. 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In order to make it easier to process such log files and to produce useful reports, @command{gawk} provides the following functions for working with timestamps. They are @command{gawk} extensions; they are -not specified in the POSIX standard, nor are they in any other known -version of @command{awk}.@footnote{The GNU @command{date} utility can +not specified in the POSIX standard.@footnote{The GNU @command{date} utility can also do many of the things described here. Its use may be preferable for simple time-related operations in shell scripts.} +However, recent versions +of @command{mawk} (@pxref{Other Versions}) also support these functions. Optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets ([ ]): @table @code @@ -32447,6 +32448,7 @@ the three most widely-used freely available versions of @command{awk} @item @code{delete} without subscript @tab X @tab X @tab X @item @code{length()} of an array @tab X @tab @tab X @item @code{BINMODE} variable @tab @tab X @tab X +@item Time related functions @tab @tab X @tab X @end multitable @node Ranges and Locales @@ -33989,7 +33991,7 @@ no longer has it. A copy is available at In 2009, Thomas Dickey took on @command{mawk} maintenance. Basic information is available on -@uref{http://www.invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html, the project's web page}. +@uref{http://www.invisible-island.net/mawk, the project's web page}. The download URL is @url{http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/mawk.tar.gz}. |