From 8e9d12df9d9208d8c13676dfa05cfbb0cf4abf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dkf Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:26:38 +0000 Subject: Clarify the use of '&' for backgrounding a pipeline. --- ChangeLog | 3 +++ doc/exec.n | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 76c0438..2434e1b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2010-03-20 Donal K. Fellows + * doc/exec.n: Make it a bit clearer that there is an option to run a + pipeline in the background. + * generic/tclIOCmd.c (Tcl_FcopyObjCmd): Lift the restriction * generic/tclIO.c (TclCopyChannel, CopyData): on the [fcopy] command * generic/tclIO.h (CopyState): that forced it to only diff --git a/doc/exec.n b/doc/exec.n index 1326e35..b84f5ea 100644 --- a/doc/exec.n +++ b/doc/exec.n @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.26 2010/01/20 13:40:23 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: exec.n,v 1.27 2010/03/20 21:26:39 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH exec n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .SH NAME exec \- Invoke subprocesses .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBexec \fR?\fIswitches\fR? \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? +\fBexec \fR?\fIswitches\fR? \fIarg \fR?\fIarg ...\fR? ?\fB&\fR? .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -- cgit v0.12