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diff --git a/tcl8.6/doc/CrtFileHdlr.3 b/tcl8.6/doc/CrtFileHdlr.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1bc1fa --- /dev/null +++ b/tcl8.6/doc/CrtFileHdlr.3 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1990-1994 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH Tcl_CreateFileHandler 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_CreateFileHandler, Tcl_DeleteFileHandler \- associate procedure callbacks with files or devices (Unix only) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +\fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR(\fIfd, mask, proc, clientData\fR) +.sp +\fBTcl_DeleteFileHandler\fR(\fIfd\fR) +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AS Tcl_FileProc clientData +.AP int fd in +Unix file descriptor for an open file or device. +.AP int mask in +Conditions under which \fIproc\fR should be called: +OR-ed combination of \fBTCL_READABLE\fR, \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR, +and \fBTCL_EXCEPTION\fR. May be set to 0 to temporarily disable +a handler. +.AP Tcl_FileProc *proc in +Procedure to invoke whenever the file or device indicated +by \fIfile\fR meets the conditions specified by \fImask\fR. +.AP ClientData clientData in +Arbitrary one-word value to pass to \fIproc\fR. +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR arranges for \fIproc\fR to be +invoked in the future whenever I/O becomes possible on a file +or an exceptional condition exists for the file. The file +is indicated by \fIfd\fR, and the conditions of interest +are indicated by \fImask\fR. For example, if \fImask\fR +is \fBTCL_READABLE\fR, \fIproc\fR will be called when +the file is readable. +The callback to \fIproc\fR is made by \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR, so +\fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR is only useful in programs that dispatch +events through \fBTcl_DoOneEvent\fR or through Tcl commands such +as \fBvwait\fR. +.PP +\fIProc\fR should have arguments and result that match the +type \fBTcl_FileProc\fR: +.PP +.CS +typedef void \fBTcl_FileProc\fR( + ClientData \fIclientData\fR, + int \fImask\fR); +.CE +.PP +The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a copy +of the \fIclientData\fR +argument given to \fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR when the callback +was created. Typically, \fIclientData\fR points to a data +structure containing application-specific information about +the file. \fIMask\fR is an integer mask indicating which +of the requested conditions actually exists for the file; it +will contain a subset of the bits in the \fImask\fR argument +to \fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR. +.PP +There may exist only one handler for a given file at a given time. +If \fBTcl_CreateFileHandler\fR is called when a handler already +exists for \fIfd\fR, then the new callback replaces the information +that was previously recorded. +.PP +\fBTcl_DeleteFileHandler\fR may be called to delete the +file handler for \fIfd\fR; if no handler exists for the +file given by \fIfd\fR then the procedure has no effect. +.PP +The purpose of file handlers is to enable an application to respond to +events while waiting for files to become ready for I/O. For this to work +correctly, the application may need to use non-blocking I/O operations on +the files for which handlers are declared. Otherwise the application may +block if it reads or writes too much data; while waiting for the I/O to +complete the application will not be able to service other events. Use +\fBTcl_SetChannelOption\fR with \fB\-blocking\fR to set the channel into +blocking or nonblocking mode as required. +.PP +Note that these interfaces are only supported by the Unix +implementation of the Tcl notifier. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +fileevent(n), Tcl_CreateTimerHandler(3), Tcl_DoWhenIdle(3) +.SH KEYWORDS +callback, file, handler |