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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eof.n,v 1.4 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: eof.n,v 1.5 2004/05/28 12:09:59 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH eof n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -29,6 +29,34 @@ Tcl standard channel (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR, or \fBstderr\fR), the return value from an invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR, or the result of a channel creation command provided by a Tcl extension. .VE +.SH EXAMPLES +Read and print out the contents of a file line-by-line: +.CS +set f [open somefile.txt] +while {1} { + set line [gets $f] + if {[eof $f]} { + close $f + break + } + puts "Read line: $line" +} +.CE +.PP +Read and print out the contents of a file by fixed-size records: +.CS +set f [open somefile.dat] +fconfigure $f -translation binary +set recordSize 40 +while {1} { + set record [read $f $recordSize] + if {[eof $f]} { + close $f + break + } + puts "Read record: $record" +} +.CE .SH "SEE ALSO" file(n), open(n), close(n), fblocked(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) |