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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: seek.n,v 1.7 2004/10/27 14:24:37 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: seek.n,v 1.8 2005/04/06 20:55:24 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH seek n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ seek \- Change the access position for an open channel .PP Changes the current access position for \fIchannelId\fR. .PP -.VS \fIChannelId\fR must be an identifier for an open channel such as a Tcl standard channel (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR, or \fBstderr\fR), the return value from an invocation of \fBopen\fR or \fBsocket\fR, or the result of a channel creation command provided by a Tcl extension. -.VE .PP The \fIoffset\fR and \fIorigin\fR arguments specify the position at which the next read or write will occur @@ -57,11 +55,9 @@ 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. .PP -.VS 8.1 Note that \fIoffset\fR values are byte offsets, not character offsets. Both \fBseek\fR and \fBtell\fR operate in terms of bytes, not characters, unlike \fBread\fR. -.VE 8.1 .SH EXAMPLES Read a file twice: .CS |