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@@ -917,11 +917,17 @@ An array containing the values of the current environment. The array is indexed by the environment variables, each element being the value of that variable (e.g., \fBENVIRON["HOME"]\fP might be \fB"/home/arnold"\fR). -Changing this array does not affect the environment seen by programs which +.sp +In POSIX mode, +changing this array does not affect the environment seen by programs which .I gawk spawns via redirection or the .B system() function. +Otherwise, +.I gawk +updates its real environment so that programs it spawns see +the changes. .TP .B ERRNO If a system error occurs either doing a redirection for |