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diff --git a/doc/source.n b/doc/source.n index 024ab7b..6a78622 100644 --- a/doc/source.n +++ b/doc/source.n @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 2000 Scriptics Corporation. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: source.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:55 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: source.n,v 1.3 2000/05/11 00:16:52 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH source n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -31,7 +32,14 @@ of the script then the \fBsource\fR command will return that error. If a \fBreturn\fR command is invoked from within the script then the remainder of the file will be skipped and the \fBsource\fR command will return normally with the result from the \fBreturn\fR command. - +.PP +.VS 8.4 +The end-of-file character for files is '\\32' (^Z) for all platforms. +The source command will read files up to this character. This +restriction does not exist for the \fBread\fR or \fBgets\fR commands, +allowing for files containing code and data segments (scripted documents). +.VE 8.4 +.PP The \fI\-rsrc\fR and \fI\-rsrcid\fR forms of this command are only available on Macintosh computers. These versions of the command allow you to source a script from a \fBTEXT\fR resource. You may specify |