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authorandreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca>2001-09-14 19:20:39 (GMT)
committerandreas_kupries <akupries@shaw.ca>2001-09-14 19:20:39 (GMT)
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* doc/gets.n:
* doc/read.n: * doc/puts.n: * doc/flush.n: * doc/fconfigure.n: * doc/flush.n: * doc/eof.n: * doc/seek.n: * doc/tell.n: * doc/close.n: * doc/fileevent.n: Added references to the Tcl standard channels. Item [219250], reported by David LeBlanc <whisper@oz.net>. Thanks to Christopher Nelson <chris@pinebush.com> for doing editorial work.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: close.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:46 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: close.n,v 1.4 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH close n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ close \- Close an open channel.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-Closes the channel given by \fIchannelId\fR. \fIChannelId\fR must be a
-channel identifier such as the return value from a previous \fBopen\fR
-or \fBsocket\fR command.
+Closes the channel given by \fIchannelId\fR.
+.PP
+.VS
+\fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as a
+Tcl standard channel (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR, or \fBstderr\fR),
+the return value from an invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR, or
+the result of a channel creation command provided by a Tcl extension.
+.VE
+.PP
All buffered output is flushed to the channel's output device,
any buffered input is discarded, the underlying file or device is closed,
and \fIchannelId\fR becomes unavailable for use.
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ The command returns an empty string, and may generate an error if
an error occurs while flushing output.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-file(n), open(n), socket(n), eof(n)
+file(n), open(n), socket(n), eof(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3)
.SH KEYWORDS
blocking, channel, close, nonblocking