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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2015-09-24 13:48:37 (GMT)
committerjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2015-09-24 13:48:37 (GMT)
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
-argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceEval, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl
+argc, argv, argv0, auto_path, env, errorCode, errorInfo, tcl_interactive, tcl_library, tcl_nonwordchars, tcl_patchLevel, tcl_pkgPath, tcl_platform, tcl_precision, tcl_rcFileName, tcl_traceCompile, tcl_traceExec, tcl_wordchars, tcl_version \- Variables used by Tcl
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
@@ -308,18 +308,13 @@ is the value returned by \fBuname -m\fR.
\fBos\fR
.
The name of the operating system running on this machine,
-such as \fBWindows 95\fR, \fBWindows NT\fR, or \fBSunOS\fR.
+such as \fBWindows NT\fR or \fBSunOS\fR.
On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -s\fR.
-On Windows 95 and Windows 98, the value returned will be \fBWindows
-95\fR to provide better backwards compatibility to Windows 95; to
-distinguish between the two, check the \fBosVersion\fR.
.TP
\fBosVersion\fR
.
The version number for the operating system running on this machine.
-On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -r\fR. On
-Windows 95, the version will be 4.0; on Windows 98, the version will
-be 4.10.
+On UNIX machines, this is the value returned by \fBuname -r\fR.
.TP
\fBpathSeparator\fR
.VS 8.6
@@ -347,8 +342,8 @@ was compiled with threads enabled.
.
This identifies the
current user based on the login information available on the platform.
-This comes from the USER or LOGNAME environment variable on Unix,
-and the value from GetUserName on Windows.
+This value comes from the getuid() and getpwuid() system calls on Unix,
+and the value from the GetUserName() system call on Windows.
.TP
\fBwordSize\fR
.