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diff --git a/extension/readfile.3am b/extension/readfile.3am index 688d9cd5..0cb2eb5b 100644 --- a/extension/readfile.3am +++ b/extension/readfile.3am @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH READFILE 3am "Jan 15 2013" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" +.TH READFILE 3am "Mar 24 2013" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" .SH NAME readfile \- return the entire contents of a file as a string .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ readfile \- return the entire contents of a file as a string @load "readfile" .sp result = readfile("/some/path") +.sp +.ft R +For making whole files be single records: +.sp +.ft CW +@load "readfile" +.br +BEGIN { PROCINFO["readfile"] = 1 } .ft R .SH DESCRIPTION The @@ -18,6 +26,14 @@ the requested file. .PP Upon error, the function returns the empty string and sets .BR ERRNO . +.PP +In addition, it adds an input parser that is activated if +.ft CW +PROCINFO["readfile"] +.ft R +exists. +When activated, each input file is returned in its entirety as \f(CW$0\fR. +\f(CWRT\fP is set to the null string. ... .SH NOTES ... .SH BUGS .SH EXAMPLE @@ -47,7 +63,7 @@ if (contents == "" && ERRNO != "") { Arnold Robbins, .BR arnold@skeeve.com . .SH COPYING PERMISSIONS -Copyright \(co 2012, 2013, +Copyright \(co 2012, 2013, 2014, Free Software Foundation, Inc. .PP Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of |