gawk: Extension Example

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1 16.6 Example: Some File Functions
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1      No matter where you go, there you are.
1                          -- _Buckaroo Banzai_
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1    Two useful functions that are not in 'awk' are 'chdir()' (so that an
1 'awk' program can change its directory) and 'stat()' (so that an 'awk'
1 program can gather information about a file).  In order to illustrate
1 the API in action, this minor node implements these functions for 'gawk'
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· Internal File Description   What the new functions will do.
· Internal File Ops           The code for internal file operations.
· Using Internal File Ops     How to use an external extension.
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