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+'\"
+'\" 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.
+'\"
+.TH eof n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.so man.macros
+.BS
+'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
+.SH NAME
+eof \- Check for end of file condition on channel
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBeof \fIchannelId\fR
+.BE
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+Returns 1 if an end of file condition occurred during the most
+recent input operation on \fIchannelId\fR (such as \fBgets\fR),
+0 otherwise.
+.PP
+\fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as a
+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.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.PP
+Read and print out the contents of a file line-by-line:
+.PP
+.CS
+set f [open somefile.txt]
+while {1} {
+ set line [gets $f]
+ if {[\fBeof\fR $f]} {
+ close $f
+ break
+ }
+ puts "Read line: $line"
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+Read and print out the contents of a file by fixed-size records:
+.PP
+.CS
+set f [open somefile.dat]
+fconfigure $f -translation binary
+set recordSize 40
+while {1} {
+ set record [read $f $recordSize]
+ if {[\fBeof\fR $f]} {
+ close $f
+ break
+ }
+ puts "Read record: $record"
+}
+.CE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+file(n), open(n), close(n), fblocked(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3)
+.SH KEYWORDS
+channel, end of file