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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
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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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.