Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:10755 comp.unix.wizards:9436 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: replacements for regcmp/regex in PW? Message-ID: <8107@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 16 Jun 88 15:44:07 GMT References: <137@wash08.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article <137@wash08.UUCP> txr98@wash08.UUCP (Timothy Reed) writes: >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, and would like to know what >newer functions exist on 5.3 when we migrate to it. (regcmp and regex >replaced re_comp and re_exec in bell, correct?) Look up REGEXP(5). The PWB routines have been obsolete for years. I seem to recall posting an implementation of re_comp/re_exec that uses REGEXP(5) not very long ago.