infox(TCLX)

infox(TCLX)


infox -- return info on application or extended Tcl

Syntax

infox option

Description

Returns information about Extended Tcl, or the current application.

Options

version
Returns the version number of Extended Tcl. The version number for Extended Tcl is generated by combining the base version of the standard Tcl code with a letter indicating the version of Extended Tcl being used. This is the documentation for version 7.3b.

patchlevel
Returns the patchlevel for Extended Tcl.

have_flock
Returns 1 if the flock command is defined, otherwise 0.

have_fsync
Returns 1 if the fsync system call is available and the sync command will sync individual files, 0 if it is not available and the sync command will always sync all file buffers.

have_msgcats
Returns 1 if XPG message catalogs are available, 0 if they are not. The catgets is designed to continue to function without message catalogs, always returning the default string.

have_posix_signals
Returns 1 if POSIX signals are available (block and unblock options available for the signal command). 0 is returned if POSIX signals are not available.

have_sockets
Returns 1 if sockets are available (server_open, server_info commands and fstat removehost option). 0 is returned if sockets are not available.

appname
Returns the symbolic application name of the current application linked with the Extended Tcl library. The C variable tclAppName must be set by the application to return an application-specific value for this variable.

applongname
Returns a natural language name for the current application. The C variable tclLongAppName must be set by the application to return an application-specific value for this variable.

appversion
Returns the version number for the current application. The C variable tclAppVersion must be set by the application to return an application-specific value for this variable.

apppatchlevel
Returns the patchlevel for the current application. The C variable tclAppPatchlevel must be set by the application to return an application-specific value for this variable.