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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-24 14:29:35 (GMT)
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.so man.macros
.TH Filesystem 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -352,9 +352,14 @@ reading the file contents.
If the file couldn't be read then a Tcl error is returned to describe
why the file couldn't be read.
The eofchar for files is '\\32' (^Z) for all platforms.
-If you require a ``^Z'' in code for string comparison, you can use
-``\\032'' or ``\\u001a'', which will be safely substituted by the Tcl
-interpreter into ``^Z''.
+If you require a
+.QW ^Z
+in code for string comparison, you can use
+.QW \e032
+or
+.QW \eu001a ,
+which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into
+.QW ^Z .
\fBTcl_FSEvalFile\fR is a simpler version of
\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR that always uses the system encoding
when reading the file.
@@ -845,7 +850,10 @@ representations.
.PP
The \fItypeName\fR field contains a null-terminated string that
identifies the type of the filesystem implemented, e.g.
-``native'' or ``zip'' or ```vfs''.
+.QW native ,
+.QW zip
+or
+.QW vfs .
.SS "STRUCTURE LENGTH"
.PP
The \fIstructureLength\fR field is generally implemented as