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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: seek.n,v 1.4 2000/09/07 14:27:51 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: seek.n,v 1.5 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH seek n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ seek \- Change the access position for an open channel
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Changes the current access position for \fIchannelId\fR.
-\fIChannelId\fR must be a channel identifier such as returned from a
-previous invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\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
The \fIoffset\fR and \fIorigin\fR
arguments specify the position at which the next read or write will occur
for \fIchannelId\fR. \fIOffset\fR must be an integer (which may be
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ not characters, unlike \fBread\fR.
.VE 8.1
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), tell(n)
+file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), tell(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3)
.SH KEYWORDS
access position, file, seek