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.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_CreateChannel 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
Tcl_CreateChannel, Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData, Tcl_GetChannelType, Tcl_GetChannelName, Tcl_GetChannelHandle, Tcl_GetChannelMode, Tcl_GetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_SetChannelBufferSize, Tcl_NotifyChannel, Tcl_BadChannelOption, Tcl_ChannelName, Tcl_ChannelVersion, Tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc, Tcl_ChannelCloseProc, Tcl_ChannelClose2Proc, Tcl_ChannelInputProc, Tcl_ChannelOutputProc, Tcl_ChannelSeekProc, Tcl_ChannelWideSeekProc, Tcl_ChannelTruncateProc, Tcl_ChannelSetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelGetOptionProc, Tcl_ChannelWatchProc, Tcl_ChannelGetHandleProc, Tcl_ChannelFlushProc, Tcl_ChannelHandlerProc, Tcl_ChannelThreadActionProc, Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_IsChannelRegistered, Tcl_CutChannel, Tcl_SpliceChannel, Tcl_IsChannelExisting, Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers, Tcl_GetChannelThread, Tcl_ChannelBuffered \- procedures for creating and manipulating channels
.SH SYNOPSIS

Tcl_DriverFlushProc *
\fBTcl_ChannelFlushProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
.sp
Tcl_DriverHandlerProc *
\fBTcl_ChannelHandlerProc\fR(\fItypePtr\fR)
.sp
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS "const Tcl_ChannelType" *channelName
.AP "const Tcl_ChannelType" *typePtr in
Points to a structure containing the addresses of procedures that
can be called to perform I/O and other functions on the channel.
.AP "const char" *channelName in
The name of this channel, such as \fBfile3\fR; must not be in use
by any other channel. Can be NULL, in which case the channel is
created without a name.