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@@ -330,11 +330,10 @@ these options cause an immediate, successful exit.) Load a shared library .IR lib . This searches for the library using the -.B AWKPATH -environment variable. The suffix -.I .so -in the library name is optional, and -the library initialization routine is expected to be named +.B AWKLIBPATH +environment variable. If the initial search fails, another attempt will +be made after appending the default shared library suffix for the platform. +The library initialization routine is expected to be named .BR dlload() . .TP .PD 0 @@ -574,6 +573,9 @@ and optional function definitions. .RS .PP \fB@include "\fIfilename\fB" +.br +\fB@load "\fIfilename\fB" +.br \fIpattern\fB { \fIaction statements\fB }\fR .br \fBfunction \fIname\fB(\fIparameter list\fB) { \fIstatements\fB }\fR @@ -605,6 +607,13 @@ In addition, lines beginning with may be used to include other source files into your program, making library use even easier. .PP +Lines beginning with +.B @load +may be used to load shared libraries into your program. This is equivalent +to using the +.B \-l +option. +.PP The environment variable .B AWKPATH specifies a search path to use when finding source files named with @@ -3639,6 +3648,16 @@ and options. .PP The +.B AWKLIBPATH +environment variable can be used to provide a list of directories that +.I gawk +searches when looking for files named via the +.B \-l +and +.B \-\^\-load +options. +.PP +The .B GAWK_READ_TIMEOUT environment variable can be used to specify a timeout in milliseconds for reading input from a terminal, pipe |