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diff --git a/doc/append.n b/doc/append.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d2ba34 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/append.n @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +'\" +'\" 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: @(#) append.n 1.6 96/03/25 20:09:44 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH append n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +append \- Append to variable +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBappend \fIvarName \fR?\fIvalue value value ...\fR? +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +Append all of the \fIvalue\fR arguments to the current value +of variable \fIvarName\fR. If \fIvarName\fR doesn't exist, +it is given a value equal to the concatenation of all the +\fIvalue\fR arguments. +This command provides an efficient way to build up long +variables incrementally. +For example, ``\fBappend a $b\fR'' is much more efficient than +``\fBset a $a$b\fR'' if \fB$a\fR is long. + +.SH KEYWORDS +append, variable |