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+# template file handling
+
+function print_template(f, tplname, v,
+			LOCAL, i, pat, line)
+{
+	tplname="templates/"tplname;
+	if (numlines(tplname) <= 0) fatal("no template "tplname);
+	while ((getline line < tplname) > 0) {
+		while ((i = match(line,"@[a-zA-Z_]*@")) != 0) {
+			pat=substr(line,i+1,RLENGTH-2);
+			if (v[pat] == "") fatal("no value for "pat" in "tplname);
+			gsub("@"pat"@", v[pat], line);
+		}
+		
+		xprintf(f, "%s\n", line);
+	}
+	close(tplname);
+}