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diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n index 071896c..e5dd1d6 100644 --- a/doc/fcopy.n +++ b/doc/fcopy.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. -'\" +'\" .TH fcopy n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .so man.macros .BS @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ avoid extra copies and to avoid buffering too much data in main memory when copying large files to slow destinations like network sockets. .PP -The \fBfcopy\fR +The \fBfcopy\fR command transfers data from \fIinchan\fR until end of file -or \fIsize\fR bytes have been +or \fIsize\fR bytes have been transferred. If no \fB\-size\fR argument is given, then the copy goes until end of file. All the data read from \fIinchan\fR is copied to \fIoutchan\fR. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The \fB\-command\fR argument makes \fBfcopy\fR work in the background. In this case it returns immediately and the \fIcallback\fR is invoked later when the copy completes. The \fIcallback\fR is called with -one or two additional +one or two additional arguments that indicates how many bytes were written to \fIoutchan\fR. If an error occurred during the background copy, the second argument is the error string associated with the error. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ fconfigure $out -translation binary This second example shows how the callback gets passed the number of bytes transferred. It also uses vwait to put the application into the event loop. -Of course, this simplified example could be done without the command +Of course, this simplified example could be done without the command callback. .PP .CS |