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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 758fe14a..391405e4 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -14225,6 +14225,12 @@ that it creates. You should therefore be especially careful if you modify @code{ENVIRON["PATH"]"}, which is the search path for finding executable programs. +This can also affect the running @command{gawk} program, since some of the +built-in functions may pay attention to certain environment variables. +The most notable instance of this is @code{mktime()} (@pxref{Time +Functions}), which pays attention the value of the @env{TZ} environment +variable on many systems. + Some operating systems may not have environment variables. On such systems, the @code{ENVIRON} array is empty (except for @w{@code{ENVIRON["AWKPATH"]}} and |