'\"
'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
'\" Copyright (c) 1993-1997 Bell Labs Innovations for Lucent Technologies
'\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Ajuba Solutions
'\"
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\" 
'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.3 2000/01/26 21:36:35 ericm Exp $
'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.4 2000/05/27 23:58:00 hobbs Exp $
'\" 
.so man.macros
.TH info n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
info \- Return information about the state of the Tcl interpreter
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBinfo \fIoption \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
.BE

names of Tcl command procedures in the current namespace.
If \fIpattern\fR is specified,
only those procedure names in the current namespace
matching \fIpattern\fR are returned.
Matching is determined using the same rules as for
\fBstring match\fR.
.TP
\fBinfo script\fR
\fBinfo script\fR ?\fIfilename\fR?
If a Tcl script file is currently being evaluated (i.e. there is a
call to \fBTcl_EvalFile\fR active or there is an active invocation
of the \fBsource\fR command), then this command returns the name
of the innermost file being processed.  Otherwise the command returns an
empty string.
of the innermost file being processed.  If \fIfilename\fR is specified,
then the return value of this command will be modified for the
duration of the active invocation to return that name.  This is
useful in virtual file system applications.
Otherwise the command returns an empty string.
.TP
\fBinfo sharedlibextension\fR
Returns the extension used on this platform for the names of files
containing shared libraries (for example, \fB.so\fR under Solaris).
If shared libraries aren't supported on this platform then an empty
string is returned.
.TP