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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/chan.n')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -'\" +'\" '\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Donal K. Fellows '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. -.so man.macros .TH chan n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ generate an error. .TP \fB\-translation\fR \fImode\fR .TP -\fB\-translation\fR \fB{\fIinMode outMode\fB}\fR +\fB\-translation\fR \fB{\fIinMode outMode\fB}\fR . In Tcl scripts the end of a line is always represented using a single newline character (\en). However, in actual files and devices the end @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ all platforms Tcl chooses \fBcrlf\fR, for all Unix flavors, it chooses \fBcrlf\fR. The default setting for \fB\-translation\fR is \fBauto\fR for both input and output. .TP -\fBbinary\fR +\fBbinary\fR . No end-of-line translations are performed. This is nearly identical to \fBlf\fR mode, except that in addition \fBbinary\fR mode also sets @@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ only those channel names that match it (according to the rules of . Depending on whether \fImode\fR is \fBinput\fR or \fBoutput\fR, returns the number of -bytes of input or output (respectively) currently buffered -internally for \fIchannelId\fR (especially useful in a readable event +bytes of input or output (respectively) currently buffered +internally for \fIchannelId\fR (especially useful in a readable event callback to impose application-specific limits on input line lengths to avoid a potential denial-of-service attack where a hostile user crafts an extremely long line that exceeds the available memory to buffer it). @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ separately \fBstderr\fR and \fBstdout\fR from a subprocess. To do this, spawn with "2>@" or ">@" redirection operators onto the write side of a pipe, and then immediately close it in the parent. This is necessary to get an EOF on -the read side once the child has exited or otherwise closed its output. +the read side once the child has exited or otherwise closed its output. .VE 8.6 .TP \fBchan pop \fIchannelId\fR |