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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.3 1999/04/16 00:46:34 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.4 1999/12/09 14:43:47 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH exec n 7.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -294,55 +294,6 @@ output may fail, hang Tcl, or even hang the system if their own private
console window is not available to them.
.RE
.TP
-\fBWindows 3.X\fR
-.
-When attempting to execute an application, \fBexec\fR first searches for the
-name as it was specified. Then, in order, \fB.com\fR, \fB.exe\fR, and \fB.bat\fR
-are appended to the end of the specified name and it searches for
-the longer name. If a directory name was not specified as part of the
-application name, the following directories are automatically searched in
-order when attempting to locate the application:
-.sp
-.RS
-.RS
-The directory from which the Tcl executable was loaded.
-.br
-The current directory.
-.br
-The Windows 3.X system directory.
-.br
-The Windows 3.X home directory.
-.br
-The directories listed in the path.
-.RE
-.sp
-In order to execute the shell builtin commands like \fBdir\fR and \fBcopy\fR,
-the caller must prepend ``\fBcommand.com /c\0\fR'' to the desired command.
-.sp
-16-bit and 32-bit DOS and Windows applications may be executed. However,
-redirection and piping of standard IO only works with 16-bit DOS
-applications. 32-bit applications always see standard input as already
-closed, and any standard output or error is discarded, no matter where in the
-pipeline the application occurs or what redirection symbols are used by the
-caller. Additionally, for 16-bit applications, standard error is always
-sent to the same place as standard output; it cannot be redirected to a
-separate location. In order to achieve pseudo-redirection for 32-bit
-applications, the 32-bit application must instead be written to take command
-line arguments that specify the files that it should read from and write to
-and open those files itself.
-.sp
-All applications, both 16-bit and 32-bit, run synchronously; each application
-runs to completion before the next one in the pipeline starts. Temporary files
-are used to simulate piping between applications. The \fBexec\fR
-command cannot be used to start an application in the background.
-.sp
-When standard input is redirected from an open file using the
-``\fB@\0\fIfileId\fR'' notation, the open file is completely read up to its
-end. This is slightly different than under Windows 95 or NT, where the child
-application consumes from the open file only as much as it wants.
-Redirecting to an open file is supported as normal.
-.RE
-.TP
\fBMacintosh\fR
The \fBexec\fR command is not implemented and does not exist under Macintosh.
.TP