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tell

Section: Tcl Built-In Commands (n)
Updated: 8.1
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NAME

tell - Return current access position for an open channel  

SYNOPSIS

tell channelId

 

DESCRIPTION

Returns an integer string giving the current access position in channelId. This value returned is a byte offset that can be passed to seek in order to set the channel to a particular position. Note that this value is in terms of bytes, not characters like read. The value returned is -1 for channels that do not support seeking.

 

SEE ALSO

file(n), open(n), close(n), gets(n), seek(n)

 

KEYWORDS

access position, channel, seeking

 

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