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diff --git a/doc/seek.n b/doc/seek.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac796e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/seek.n @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +'\" +'\" 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: @(#) seek.n 1.10 96/08/26 13:00:14 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH seek n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +seek \- Change the access position for an open channel +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBseek \fIchannelId offset \fR?\fIorigin\fR? +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +Changes the current access position for \fIchannelId\fR. +\fIChannelId\fR must be a channel identifier such as returned from a +previous invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR. +The \fIoffset\fR and \fIorigin\fR +arguments specify the position at which the next read or write will occur +for \fIchannelId\fR. \fIOffset\fR must be an integer (which may be +negative) and \fIorigin\fR must be one of the following: +.TP 10 +\fBstart\fR +The new access position will be \fIoffset\fR bytes from the start +of the underlying file or device. +.TP 10 +\fBcurrent\fR +The new access position will be \fIoffset\fR bytes from the current +access position; a negative \fIoffset\fR moves the access position +backwards in the underlying file or device. +.TP 10 +\fBend\fR +The new access position will be \fIoffset\fR bytes from the end of +the file or device. A negative \fIoffset\fR places the access position +before the end of file, and a positive \fIoffset\fR places the access +position after the end of file. +.LP +The \fIorigin\fR argument defaults to \fBstart\fR. +.PP +The command flushes all buffered output for the channel before the command +returns, even if the channel is in nonblocking mode. +It also discards any buffered and unread input. +This command returns an empty string. +An error occurs if this command is applied to channels whose underlying +file or device does not support seeking. + +.SH KEYWORDS +access position, file, seek |