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.TH LIBMAWK_INITIALIZE 3libmawk  2009-08-10 "libmawk" "libmawk manual"
.SH NAME
libmawk_initialize \- create a new libmawk context
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <libmawk.h>
.sp
.BI "mawk_state_t *libmawk_initialize(int " s ", char *" argv[] );
.fi
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR 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.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
A pointer to a new libmawk context or NULL on error.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libmawk_initialize_stage (3libmawk),
.BR libmawk_uninitialize (3libmawk),