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.so man.macros
.TH eof n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
eof \- Check for end of file condition on channel
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBeof \fIchannelId\fR
.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Returns 1 if an end of file condition occurred during the most
recent input operation on \fIchannelId\fR (such as \fBgets\fR),
0 otherwise.
.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), fblocked(n), Tcl_StandardChannels(3)

.SH KEYWORDS
channel, end of file