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@@ -4981,25 +4981,6 @@ function names added by @command{gawk} after the code was written.
Standard @command{awk} built-in functions, such as @code{sin()} or
@code{substr()} are @emph{not} shadowed in this way.
-The @code{PROCINFO["argv"]} array contains all of the command-line arguments
-(after glob expansion and redirection processing on platforms where that must
-be done manually by the program) with subscripts ranging from 0 through
-@code{argc} @minus{} 1. For example, @code{PROCINFO["argv"][0]} will contain
-the name by which @command{gawk} was invoked. Here is an example of how this
-feature may be used:
-
-@example
-gawk '
-BEGIN @{
- for (i = 0; i < length(PROCINFO["argv"]); i++)
- print i, PROCINFO["argv"][i]
-@}'
-@end example
-
-Please note that this differs from the standard @code{ARGV} array which does
-not include command-line arguments that have already been processed by
-@command{gawk} (@pxref{ARGC and ARGV}).
-
@end ignore
@node Invoking Summary
@@ -15484,6 +15465,27 @@ The following elements (listed alphabetically)
are guaranteed to be available:
@table @code
+@item PROCINFO["argv"]
+@cindex command line arguments, @code{PROCINFO["argv"}
+The @code{PROCINFO["argv"]} array contains all of the command-line arguments
+(after glob expansion and redirection processing on platforms where that must
+be done manually by the program) with subscripts ranging from 0 through
+@code{argc} @minus{} 1. For example, @code{PROCINFO["argv"][0]} will contain
+the name by which @command{gawk} was invoked. Here is an example of how this
+feature may be used:
+
+@example
+gawk '
+BEGIN @{
+ for (i = 0; i < length(PROCINFO["argv"]); i++)
+ print i, PROCINFO["argv"][i]
+@}'
+@end example
+
+Please note that this differs from the standard @code{ARGV} array which does
+not include command-line arguments that have already been processed by
+@command{gawk} (@pxref{ARGC and ARGV}).
+
@cindex effective group ID of @command{gawk} user
@item PROCINFO["egid"]
The value of the @code{getegid()} system call.
@@ -38022,6 +38024,10 @@ environment and that of programs that it runs.
@xref{Auto-set}.
@item
+The @code{PROCINFO["argv"} array.
+@xref{Auto-set}.
+
+@item
The @option{--pretty-print} option no longer runs the @command{awk}
program too.
@xref{Options}.