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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 8a608ed8..831a9f1b 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -15761,19 +15761,18 @@ This element gives a string indicating the platform for which @item "vms" OpenVMS or Vax/VMS. -@item "macosx" -Mac OS X. - -@item "cygwin" -@itemx "djgpp" +@item "djgpp" @itemx "mingw" -Microsoft Windows, using either Cygwin, DJGPP, or MinGW, respectively. +Microsoft Windows, using either DJGPP or MinGW, respectively. @item "os2" OS/2. +@item "os390" +OS/390. + @item "posix" -GNU/Linux and legacy Unix systems. +GNU/Linux, Cygwin, Mac OS X, and legacy Unix systems. @end table @item PROCINFO["pgrpid"] @@ -40049,6 +40048,12 @@ appropriate @samp{-v BINMODE=@var{N}} option on the command line. @code{BINMODE} is set at the time a file or pipe is opened and cannot be changed midstream. +On POSIX-compatible systems, this variable's value has no effect. +Thus, if you think your program will run on multiple different systems +and that you may need to use @code{BINMODE}, you should simply set it +(in the program or on the command line) unconditionally, and not worry +about the operating system on which your program is running. + The name @code{BINMODE} was chosen to match @command{mawk} (@pxref{Other Versions}). @command{mawk} and @command{gawk} handle @code{BINMODE} similarly; however, |