summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/tell.n
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorrjohnson <rjohnson>1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT)
committerrjohnson <rjohnson>1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT)
commit2b5738da524e944cda39e24c0a87b745a43bd8c3 (patch)
tree6e8c9473978f6dab66c601e911721a7bd9d70b1b /doc/tell.n
parentc6a259aeeca4814a97cf6694814c63e74e4e18fa (diff)
downloadtcl-2b5738da524e944cda39e24c0a87b745a43bd8c3.zip
tcl-2b5738da524e944cda39e24c0a87b745a43bd8c3.tar.gz
tcl-2b5738da524e944cda39e24c0a87b745a43bd8c3.tar.bz2
Initial revision
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/tell.n')
-rw-r--r--doc/tell.n28
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tell.n b/doc/tell.n
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c0ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/tell.n
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
+'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\"
+'\" SCCS: @(#) tell.n 1.9 96/08/26 13:00:17
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH tell n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.BS
+'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+tell \- Return current access position for an open channel
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBtell \fIchannelId\fR
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+Returns a decimal string giving the current access position in
+\fIchannelId\fR.
+The value returned is -1 for channels that do not support
+seeking.
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+access position, channel, seeking