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diff --git a/doc/platform.n b/doc/platform.n index 5380ff4..7233215 100644 --- a/doc/platform.n +++ b/doc/platform.n @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. -'\" +'\" .TH "platform" n 1.0.4 platform "Tcl Bundled Packages" .so man.macros .BS @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ platform \- System identification support code and utilities .SH SYNOPSIS .nf -\fBpackage require platform ?1.0.10?\fR +\fBpackage require platform ?1.0.4?\fR .sp \fBplatform::generic\fR \fBplatform::identify\fR @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ architecture a Tcl program is running on. .SH COMMANDS .TP \fBplatform::identify\fR -. This command returns an identifier describing the platform the Tcl core is running on. The returned identifier has the general format \fIOS\fR-\fICPU\fR. The \fIOS\fR part of the identifier may contain @@ -54,33 +53,14 @@ may contain dashes as well. The \fICPU\fR part will not contain dashes, making the preceding dash the last dash in the result. .TP \fBplatform::generic\fR -. This command returns a simplified identifier describing the platform the Tcl core is running on. In contrast to \fBplatform::identify\fR it leaves out details like kernel version, libc version, etc. The returned identifier has the general format \fIOS\fR-\fICPU\fR. .TP -\fBplatform::patterns \fIidentifier\fR -. +\fBplatform::patterns \fIidentifier\fR This command takes an identifier as returned by \fBplatform::identify\fR and returns a list of identifiers describing compatible architectures. -.SH EXAMPLE -.PP -This can be used to allow an application to be shipped with multiple builds of -a shared library, so that the same package works on many versions of an -operating system. For example: -.PP -.CS -\fBpackage require platform\fR -# Assume that app script is .../theapp/bin/theapp.tcl -set binDir [file dirname [file normalize [info script]]] -set libDir [file join $binDir .. lib] -set platLibDir [file join $libDir [\fBplatform::identify\fR]] -load [file join $platLibDir support[info sharedlibextension]] -.CE .SH KEYWORDS operating system, cpu architecture, platform, architecture -'\" Local Variables: -'\" mode: nroff -'\" End: |