replacements for regcmp/regex in PW?

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <137 at wash08.UUCP> txr98 at 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.