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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2010-03-20 21:26:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2010-03-20 21:26:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 8e9d12df9d9208d8c13676dfa05cfbb0cf4abf1d (patch) | |
| tree | 4d81608ffba95266f55182afb26cda5ca5befdcb | |
| parent | 8d0ad6bd16b01c1d0e781660e7ecd138120f5a7a (diff) | |
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Clarify the use of '&' for backgrounding a pipeline.
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2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2010-03-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + * doc/exec.n: Make it a bit clearer that there is an option to run a + pipeline in the background. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Lift the restriction * generic/tclIO.c (TclCopyChannel, CopyData): on the [fcopy] command * generic/tclIO.h (CopyState): that forced it to only @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.26 2010/01/20 13:40:23 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.27 2010/03/20 21:26:39 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH exec n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .SH NAME exec \- Invoke subprocesses .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBexec \fR?\fIswitches\fR? \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? +\fBexec \fR?\fIswitches\fR? \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? ?\fB&\fR? .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP |