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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
. if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
. \}
.\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "May 09 2013" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "Aug 15 2013" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
.SH NAME
gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -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