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diff --git a/doc/flush.n b/doc/flush.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f69354a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/flush.n @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +'\" +'\" 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. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) flush.n 1.10 96/08/26 12:59:57 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH flush n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +flush \- Flush buffered output for a channel +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBflush \fIchannelId\fR +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +Flushes any output that has been buffered for \fIchannelId\fR. +\fIChannelId\fR must be a channel identifier such as returned by a previous +\fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR command, and it must have been opened for writing. +If the channel is in blocking mode the command does not return until all the +buffered output has been flushed to the channel. If the channel is in +nonblocking mode, the command may return before all buffered output has been +flushed; the remainder will be flushed in the background as fast as the +underlying file or device is able to absorb it. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +open(n), socket(n) + +.SH KEYWORDS +blocking, buffer, channel, flush, nonblocking, output |