M4 -- custom functions

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1 total messages Started by Mike Pelletier Mon, 29 Oct 1990 22:55

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Author: Mike Pelletier
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 22:55

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In m4, is it possible to define your own function?
What I want is a call that will do something like
nfs(hostname,partition) => /n/engin/hostname/partition

Would I need to use the syscmd command and some auxiliary files
to accomplish this, or is there a better way?
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