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diff --git a/doc/seek.n b/doc/seek.n deleted file mode 100644 index 3620e83..0000000 --- a/doc/seek.n +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -'\" -'\" 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. -'\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: seek.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:55 stanton Exp $ -'\" -.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 |