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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2008-06-29 22:28:20 (GMT)
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Prepare Tcl's docs for life as 8.6 (remove out of date change bars, fix
typedefs, add a few missing bits)
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diff --git a/doc/FileSystem.3 b/doc/FileSystem.3
index d97266d..bf38dc2 100644
--- a/doc/FileSystem.3
+++ b/doc/FileSystem.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FileSystem.3,v 1.62 2007/12/13 15:22:31 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FileSystem.3,v 1.63 2008/06/29 22:28:24 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH Filesystem 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ClientData
void
\fBTcl_FSMountsChanged\fR(\fIfsPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Filesystem*
+Tcl_Filesystem *
\fBTcl_FSGetFileSystemForPath\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
.sp
Tcl_PathType
@@ -51,13 +51,11 @@ int
int
\fBTcl_FSRenameFile\fR(\fIsrcPathPtr, destPathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSListVolumes\fR(\fIvoid\fR)
.sp
-.VS 8.5
int
\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr, encodingName\fR)
-.VE 8.5
.sp
int
\fBTcl_FSEvalFile\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr\fR)
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ int
int
\fBTcl_FSMatchInDirectory\fR(\fIinterp, resultPtr, pathPtr, pattern, types\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSLink\fR(\fIlinkNamePtr, toPtr, linkAction\fR)
.sp
int
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ int
int
\fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSet\fR(\fIinterp, int index, pathPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr\fR)
.sp
-const char**
+const char **
\fBTcl_FSFileAttrStrings\fR(\fIpathPtr, objPtrRef\fR)
.sp
int
@@ -96,28 +94,28 @@ int
Tcl_Channel
\fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannel\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr, modeString, permissions\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSGetCwd\fR(\fIinterp\fR)
.sp
int
\fBTcl_FSChdir\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSPathSeparator\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSJoinPath\fR(\fIlistObj, elements\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSSplitPath\fR(\fIpathPtr, lenPtr\fR)
.sp
int
\fBTcl_FSEqualPaths\fR(\fIfirstPtr, secondPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSGetNormalizedPath\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSJoinToPath\fR(\fIbasePtr, objc, objv\fR)
.sp
int
@@ -132,16 +130,16 @@ Tcl_Obj *
const char *
\fBTcl_FSGetTranslatedStringPath\fR(\fIinterp, pathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSNewNativePath\fR(\fIfsPtr, clientData\fR)
.sp
const char *
\fBTcl_FSGetNativePath\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_Obj*
+Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_FSFileSystemInfo\fR(\fIpathPtr\fR)
.sp
-Tcl_StatBuf*
+Tcl_StatBuf *
\fBTcl_AllocStatBuf\fR()
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_FSUnloadFileProc **unloadProcPtr out
@@ -242,7 +240,6 @@ are \fBTCL_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK\fR and \fBTCL_CREATE_HARD_LINK\fR.
When both flags are set and the underlying filesystem can do either,
symbolic links are preferred.
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
There are several reasons for calling the \fBTcl_FS\fR API functions
@@ -368,7 +365,6 @@ function and asks them to return their list of root volumes. It
accumulates the return values in a list which is returned to the
caller (with a reference count of 0).
.PP
-.VS 8.5
\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR reads the file given by \fIpathPtr\fR using
the encoding identified by \fIencodingName\fR and evaluates
its contents as a Tcl script. It returns the same information as
@@ -391,7 +387,6 @@ which will be safely substituted by the Tcl interpreter into
\fBTcl_FSEvalFile\fR is a simpler version of
\fBTcl_FSEvalFileEx\fR that always uses the system encoding
when reading the file.
-.VE 8.5
.PP
\fBTcl_FSLoadFile\fR dynamically loads a binary code file into memory and
returns the addresses of two procedures within that file, if they are
@@ -801,7 +796,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_Filesystem {
Tcl_FSLoadFileProc *\fIloadFileProc\fR;
Tcl_FSGetCwdProc *\fIgetCwdProc\fR;
Tcl_FSChdirProc *\fIchdirProc\fR;
-} Tcl_Filesystem;
+} \fBTcl_Filesystem\fR;
.CE
.PP
Except for the first three fields in this structure which contain
@@ -930,7 +925,7 @@ are invalidated when filesystem structures are added or removed from
Tcl's internal list of known filesystems.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
ClientData *\fIclientDataPtr\fR);
.CE
@@ -942,7 +937,7 @@ simply not copy the internal representation, which may then need to be
regenerated later.
.PP
.CS
-typedef ClientData Tcl_FSDupInternalRepProc(
+typedef ClientData \fBTcl_FSDupInternalRepProc\fR(
ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
.CE
.SS FREEINTERNALREPPROC
@@ -951,7 +946,7 @@ representations need freeing (i.e. if some memory is allocated when an
internal representation is generated), but may otherwise be NULL.
.PP
.CS
-typedef void Tcl_FSFreeInternalRepProc(
+typedef void \fBTcl_FSFreeInternalRepProc\fR(
ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
.CE
.SS INTERNALTONORMALIZEDPROC
@@ -962,7 +957,7 @@ representation. The return value is a Tcl object whose string
representation is the normalized path.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSInternalToNormalizedProc(
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSInternalToNormalizedProc\fR(
ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
.CE
.SS CREATEINTERNALREPPROC
@@ -974,7 +969,7 @@ the \fITcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc\fR for this filesystem always
immediately creates an internal representation for paths it accepts.
.PP
.CS
-typedef ClientData Tcl_FSCreateInternalRepProc(
+typedef ClientData \fBTcl_FSCreateInternalRepProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.SS NORMALIZEPATHPROC
@@ -1006,7 +1001,7 @@ the three valid cases, the implementation can assume that the path
up to and including the file separator is known and normalized.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSNormalizePathProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSNormalizePathProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
int \fInextCheckpoint\fR);
@@ -1041,7 +1036,7 @@ increment the refCount of that object if it wishes to retain a reference
to it.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSFilesystemPathTypeProc(
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSFilesystemPathTypeProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.SS FILESYSTEMSEPARATORPROC
@@ -1055,7 +1050,7 @@ uses, it is returned by the \fBfile separator\fR command. The
return value should be an object with refCount of zero.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSFilesystemSeparatorProc(
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSFilesystemSeparatorProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.SS STATPROC
@@ -1066,7 +1061,7 @@ upon it (e.g. \fBfile atime\fR, \fBfile isdirectory\fR, \fBfile size\fR,
\fBglob\fR).
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSStatProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSStatProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
Tcl_StatBuf *\fIstatPtr\fR);
.CE
@@ -1091,7 +1086,7 @@ any reasonable filesystem, since many Tcl level commands depend crucially
upon it (e.g. \fBfile exists\fR, \fBfile readable\fR).
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSAccessProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSAccessProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
int \fImode\fR);
.CE
@@ -1113,7 +1108,7 @@ which require open or accessing a file's contents will use it
(e.g. \fBopen\fR, \fBencoding\fR, and many Tk commands).
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Channel Tcl_FSOpenFileChannelProc(
+typedef Tcl_Channel \fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannelProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
int \fImode\fR,
@@ -1146,8 +1141,8 @@ in the filesystem (and this may impact commands like \fBencoding names\fR
which use glob functionality internally).
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSMatchInDirectoryProc(
- Tcl_Interp* \fIinterp\fR,
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSMatchInDirectoryProc\fR(
+ Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIresultPtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
const char *\fIpattern\fR,
@@ -1182,15 +1177,15 @@ The \fBTcl_GlobTypeData\fR structure passed in the \fItypes\fR
parameter contains the following fields:
.CS
typedef struct Tcl_GlobTypeData {
- /* Corresponds to bcdpfls as in 'find -t' */
- int \fItype\fR;
- /* Corresponds to file permissions */
- int \fIperm\fR;
- /* Acceptable mac type */
- Tcl_Obj *\fImacType\fR;
- /* Acceptable mac creator */
- Tcl_Obj *\fImacCreator\fR;
-} Tcl_GlobTypeData;
+ /* Corresponds to bcdpfls as in 'find -t' */
+ int \fItype\fR;
+ /* Corresponds to file permissions */
+ int \fIperm\fR;
+ /* Acceptable mac type */
+ Tcl_Obj *\fImacType\fR;
+ /* Acceptable mac creator */
+ Tcl_Obj *\fImacCreator\fR;
+} \fBTcl_GlobTypeData\fR;
.CE
.PP
There are two specific cases which it is important to handle correctly,
@@ -1212,7 +1207,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSUtime\fR call. Required to allow setting
open-r/open-w/fcopy implementation of \fBfile copy\fR.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSUtimeProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSUtimeProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
struct utimbuf *\fItval\fR);
.CE
@@ -1228,7 +1223,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSLink\fR call. Should be implemented
only if the filesystem supports links, and may otherwise be NULL.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSLinkProc(
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSLinkProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIlinkNamePtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fItoPtr\fR,
int \fIlinkAction\fR);
@@ -1253,7 +1248,7 @@ Should be implemented only if the filesystem adds volumes at the head
of the filesystem, so that they can be returned by \fBfile volumes\fR.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSListVolumesProc(void);
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSListVolumesProc\fR(void);
.CE
.PP
The result should be a list of volumes added by this filesystem, or
@@ -1281,9 +1276,9 @@ not implemented, there is no need to implement the \fBget\fR and \fBset\fR
methods.
.PP
.CS
-typedef const char** Tcl_FSFileAttrStringsProc(
+typedef const char **\fBTcl_FSFileAttrStringsProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
- Tcl_Obj** \fIobjPtrRef\fR);
+ Tcl_Obj **\fIobjPtrRef\fR);
.CE
.PP
The called function may either return an array of strings, or may
@@ -1300,7 +1295,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGet\fR call, used by \fBfile
attributes\fR.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSFileAttrsGetProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSFileAttrsGetProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
int \fIindex\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
@@ -1320,7 +1315,7 @@ attributes\fR. If the filesystem is read-only, there is no need
to implement this.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSFileAttrsSetProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSFileAttrsSetProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
int \fIindex\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
@@ -1335,7 +1330,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSCreateDirectory\fR call. Should be
implemented unless the FS is read-only.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSCreateDirectoryProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSCreateDirectoryProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.PP
@@ -1349,7 +1344,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSRemoveDirectory\fR call. Should be
implemented unless the FS is read-only.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSRemoveDirectoryProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSRemoveDirectoryProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
int \fIrecursive\fR,
Tcl_Obj **\fIerrorPtr\fR);
@@ -1371,7 +1366,7 @@ Function to process a \fBTcl_FSDeleteFile\fR call. Should be implemented
unless the FS is read-only.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSDeleteFileProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSDeleteFileProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.PP
@@ -1394,7 +1389,7 @@ it need only be implemented if a filesystem can differentiate between
\fBstat\fR and \fBlstat\fR calls.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSLstatProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSLstatProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
Tcl_StatBuf *\fIstatPtr\fR);
.CE
@@ -1412,7 +1407,7 @@ Therefore it need only be implemented if the filesystem can perform
that action more efficiently.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSCopyFileProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSCopyFileProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIsrcPathPtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIdestPathPtr\fR);
.CE
@@ -1437,7 +1432,7 @@ only be implemented if the filesystem can perform that action more
efficiently.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSRenameFileProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSRenameFileProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIsrcPathPtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIdestPathPtr\fR);
.CE
@@ -1455,7 +1450,7 @@ mechanism. Therefore it need only be implemented if the filesystem can
perform that action more efficiently.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSCopyDirectoryProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSCopyDirectoryProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIsrcPathPtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIdestPathPtr\fR,
Tcl_Obj **\fIerrorPtr\fR);
@@ -1482,7 +1477,7 @@ return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR to disable load functionality in this filesystem
entirely.
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSLoadFileProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSLoadFileProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR,
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR,
Tcl_LoadHandle *\fIhandlePtr\fR,
@@ -1510,7 +1505,7 @@ implemented, then this should also be implemented, if there is any
cleanup action required.
.PP
.CS
-typedef void Tcl_FSUnloadFileProc(
+typedef void \fBTcl_FSUnloadFileProc\fR(
Tcl_LoadHandle \fIloadHandle\fR);
.CE
.SS GETCWDPROC
@@ -1520,7 +1515,7 @@ implement this. It will usually only be called once, if \fBgetcwd\fR is
called before \fBchdir\fR. May be NULL.
.PP
.CS
-typedef Tcl_Obj* Tcl_FSGetCwdProc(
+typedef Tcl_Obj *\fBTcl_FSGetCwdProc\fR(
Tcl_Interp *\fIinterp\fR);
.CE
.PP
@@ -1543,7 +1538,7 @@ Real filesystems should carry out the correct action (i.e. call the
correct system \fBchdir\fR API).
.PP
.CS
-typedef int Tcl_FSChdirProc(
+typedef int \fBTcl_FSChdirProc\fR(
Tcl_Obj *\fIpathPtr\fR);
.CE
.PP