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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: open.n,v 1.7 1999/11/24 20:54:54 hobbs Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: open.n,v 1.8 1999/12/09 14:43:47 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH open n 7.6 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -225,19 +225,6 @@ application, no data will be sent to the command pipeline's standard output until the pipe is actually closed. This problem occurs because 16-bit DOS applications are run synchronously, as described above. .TP -\fBWindows 3.X\fR -. -A command pipeline can execute 16-bit or 32-bit DOS or Windows -applications, but the call to \fBopen\fR will not return until the last -program in the pipeline has finished executing; command pipelines run -synchronously. If the pipeline is opened with write access (either just -writing or both reading and writing) the first application in the -pipeline will instead see an immediate end-of-file; any data the caller -writes to the open pipe will instead be discarded. -.sp -Since Tcl cannot be run with a real console under Windows 3.X, there are -no interactions between command pipelines and the console. -.TP \fBMacintosh\fR . Opening a serial port is not currently implemented under Macintosh. |