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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: file.n,v 1.55 2008/10/15 10:43:37 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: file.n,v 1.56 2008/11/29 18:17:19 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH file n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -435,6 +435,19 @@ If \fIname\fR contains no separators then returns \fIname\fR. So, \fBfile tail a/b\fR, \fBfile tail a/b/\fR and \fBfile tail b\fR all return \fBb\fR. .TP +\fBfile tempfile\fR ?\fInameVar\fR? ?\fItemplate\fR? +'\" TIP #210 +.VS 8.6 +Creates a temporary file and returns a read-write channel opened on that file. +If the \fInameVar\fR is given, it specifies a variable that the name of the +temporary file will be written into; if absent, Tcl will attempt to arrange +for the temporary file to be deleted once it is no longer required. If the +\fItemplate\fR is present, it specifies parts of the template of the filename +to use when creating it (such as the directory, base-name or extension) though +some platforms may ignore some or all of these parts and use a built-in +default instead. +.VE 8.6 +.TP \fBfile type \fIname\fR . Returns a string giving the type of file \fIname\fR, which will be one of @@ -519,3 +532,7 @@ filename(n), open(n), close(n), eof(n), gets(n), tell(n), seek(n), fblocked(n), flush(n) .SH KEYWORDS attributes, copy files, delete files, directory, file, move files, name, rename files, stat +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" fill-column: 78 +'\" End: |