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@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH library n "8.0" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
auto_execok, auto_import, auto_load, auto_mkindex, auto_qualify, auto_reset, tcl_findLibrary, parray, tcl_endOfWord, tcl_startOfNextWord, tcl_startOfPreviousWord, tcl_wordBreakAfter, tcl_wordBreakBefore \- standard library of Tcl procedures
@@ -262,13 +262,17 @@ If set to any value, then \fBunknown\fR will not attempt to auto-load
any commands.
.TP
\fBauto_path\fR
+.
If set, then it must contain a valid Tcl list giving directories to
-search during auto-load operations.
+search during auto-load operations (including for package index
+files when using the default \fBpackage unknown\fR handler).
This variable is initialized during startup to contain, in order:
the directories listed in the \fBTCLLIBPATH\fR environment variable,
-the directory named by the \fBtcl_library\fR variable,
+the directory named by the \fBtcl_library\fR global variable,
the parent directory of \fBtcl_library\fR,
the directories listed in the \fBtcl_pkgPath\fR variable.
+Additional locations to look for files and package indices should
+normally be added to this variable using \fBlappend\fR.
.TP
\fBenv(TCL_LIBRARY)\fR
If set, then it specifies the location of the directory containing
@@ -306,7 +310,7 @@ considered to be a word character. On Windows platforms, words are
comprised of any character that is not a space, tab, or newline. Under
Unix, words are comprised of numbers, letters or underscores.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-info(n), re_syntax(n), tclvars(n)
+env(n), info(n), re_syntax(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
auto-exec, auto-load, library, unknown, word, whitespace
'\"Local Variables: