Re: [bug-gawk] Can a GAWK script access its full path\name at "run-time?

[Andrew J. Schorr]

Hi Arnold,

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 08:34:09PM +0300, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> os_arg_fixup is a no-op on POSIX systems, but not on Windows or VMS.
> A quick look makes me think that that routine should be called before
> creating PROCINFO["argv"].

OK, then that can stay as is.

> Even with the code in hand, I'm not sure this is worth adding.  It feels
> like feature creep of only marginal value.

That's a fair concern.

> I suppose you can add it to master, if you will also add a few paragraphs
> in the "Undocumented" node in the manual (and only there).  I don't feel
> like making it an official, supported feature.

How does the attached patch look?  It's hard to test whether the documentation
is correct, since one does not see it in the formatted docs.

Regards,
Andy

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