libmawk_initialize.3libmawk - Man Page
create a new libmawk context
Synopsis
#include <libmawk.h> mawk_state_t *libmawk_initialize(int s, char *argv[]);
Description
The libmawk_initialize() function returns a pointer to a newly created libmawk context. Any amount of libmawk contexts can live in parallel in an application. Arguments are the same as for a command line mawk session. Scripts are loaded (either from command line or from files using -f), variables are set (with -v), special options are set (with -W), etc.
Return Value
A pointer to a new libmawk context or NULL on error.
See Also
libmawk_initialize_stage(3libmawk), libmawk_uninitialize(3libmawk),
Info
2009-08-10 libmawk manual