'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fblocked.n,v 1.2 2001/09/14 01:42:20 zlaski Exp $ .so man.macros .TH fblocked n 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME fblocked \- Test whether the last input operation exhausted all available input .SH SYNOPSIS \fBfblocked \fIchannelId\fR .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The \fBfblocked\fR command returns 1 if the most recent input operation on \fIchannelId\fR returned less information than requested because all available input was exhausted. For example, if \fBgets\fR is invoked when there are only three characters available for input and no end-of-line sequence, \fBgets\fR returns an empty string and a subsequent call to \fBfblocked\fR will return 1. .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" gets(n), read(n) .SH KEYWORDS blocking, nonblocking