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'\" $Header: /user6/ouster/tcl/man/RCS/tell.n,v 1.1 93/06/16 16:48:30 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
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.so man.macros
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.HS tell tcl
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.BS
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'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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.SH NAME
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tell \- Return current access position for an open file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBtell \fIfileId\fR
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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Returns a decimal string giving the current access position in
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\fIfileId\fR.
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\fIFileId\fR must have been the return
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value from a previous call to \fBopen\fR, or it may be \fBstdin\fR,
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\fBstdout\fR, or \fBstderr\fR to refer to one of the standard I/O
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channels.
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.SH KEYWORDS
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access position, file
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