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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gets.n')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ returned. .PP If end of file occurs while scanning for an end of line, the command returns whatever input is available up to the end of file. -If \fIchannelId\fR is in nonblocking mode and there is not a full +If \fIchannelId\fR is in non-blocking mode and there is not a full line of input available, the command returns an empty string and does not consume any input. If \fIvarName\fR is specified and an empty string is returned in \fIvarName\fR because of end-of-file or because of insufficient -data in nonblocking mode, then the return count is -1. +data in non-blocking mode, then the return count is -1. Note that if \fIvarName\fR is not specified then the end-of-file and no-full-line-available cases can produce the same results as if there were an input line consisting @@ -64,4 +64,8 @@ close $chan file(n), eof(n), fblocked(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) .SH KEYWORDS -blocking, channel, end of file, end of line, line, nonblocking, read +blocking, channel, end of file, end of line, line, non-blocking, read +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" fill-column: 78 +'\" End: |