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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: tell.n,v 1.4 2000/09/07 14:27:52 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tell.n,v 1.5 2001/09/14 19:20:40 andreas_kupries Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH tell n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ that this value is in terms of bytes, not characters like \fBread\fR. .VE 8.1 The value returned is -1 for channels that do not support seeking. +.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 .SH "SEE ALSO" -file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), seek(n) +file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), seek(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3) .SH KEYWORDS access position, channel, seeking |