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From: guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: replacements for regcmp/regex in PW?
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Date: 16 Jun 88 17:25:26 GMT
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> Were regcmp or regex in PWB replaced by newer functions in 5.3?  I've
> heard this, but I don't know if it's true,

It's not.

"-lPW" is the same old cruft that it always was (other than some minor cleanups
and an AT&T copyright stuck at the front).

The correct way to do regular expression stuff in S5 is with ; that
has been around since S5"R1", at least.