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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/chan.n | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/fcopy.n | 12 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -287,12 +287,14 @@ slow destinations like network sockets. .RS .PP The \fBchan copy\fR command transfers data from \fIinputChan\fR until -end of file or \fIsize\fR bytes have been transferred. If no -\fB\-size\fR argument is given, then the copy goes until end of file. -All the data read from \fIinputChan\fR is copied to \fIoutputChan\fR. -Without the \fB\-command\fR option, \fBchan copy\fR blocks until the -copy is complete and returns the number of bytes written to -\fIoutputChan\fR. +end of file or \fIsize\fR bytes or characters have been transferred; +\fIsize\fR is in bytes if the two channels are using the same encoding, +and is in characters otherwise. If no \fB\-size\fR argument is given, +then the copy goes until end of file. All the data read from +\fIinputChan\fR is copied to \fIoutputChan\fR. Without the +\fB\-command\fR option, \fBchan copy\fR blocks until the copy is +complete and returns the number of bytes or characters (using the same +rules as for the \fB\-size\fR option) written to \fIoutputChan\fR. .PP The \fB\-command\fR argument makes \fBchan copy\fR work in the background. In this case it returns immediately and the diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n index e5dd1d6..d39c803 100644 --- a/doc/fcopy.n +++ b/doc/fcopy.n @@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ network sockets. .PP The \fBfcopy\fR command transfers data from \fIinchan\fR until end of file -or \fIsize\fR bytes have been -transferred. If no \fB\-size\fR argument is given, +or \fIsize\fR bytes or characters have been +transferred; \fIsize\fR is in bytes if the two channels are using the +same encoding, and is in characters otherwise. +If no \fB\-size\fR argument is given, then the copy goes until end of file. All the data read from \fIinchan\fR is copied to \fIoutchan\fR. Without the \fB\-command\fR option, \fBfcopy\fR blocks until the copy is complete -and returns the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR. +and returns the number of bytes or characters (using the same rules as +for the \fB\-size\fR option) written to \fIoutchan\fR. .PP The \fB\-command\fR argument makes \fBfcopy\fR work in the background. In this case it returns immediately and the \fIcallback\fR is invoked @@ -174,3 +177,6 @@ vwait done eof(n), fblocked(n), fconfigure(n), file(n) .SH KEYWORDS blocking, channel, end of line, end of file, nonblocking, read, translation +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |