Re: [Groff] mdoc(7) interpretation differences (maybe groff bug)

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
 |> (For the list: mawk(1) requires a fflush("") in order to "getline <
 |> NAME" a file NAME that has been written via "print >> NAME" before,
 |> even though fflush("") is not standard and i cannot imagine a
 |> situation where an awk(1) script would not like to see a fflush("") on
 |> NAME before it starts a getline.)
 |
 |Can you not close() NAME after writing to it before re-opening it for
 |getline?  From mawk(1):
 |
 |    Close is used to reread a file or command,

Bummer.  Never used close(), never seen it.  Didn't try yet, but
it'll surely fix the problem with mawk(1).
Thanks Ralph.  (Poor Thomas Dickey, excuse me, excuse me.)

--steffen