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Tcl_CreateFileHandler(3)    Tcl Library Procedures    Tcl_CreateFileHandler(3)

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NAME
       Tcl_CreateFileHandler,   Tcl_DeleteFileHandler  -  associate  procedure
       callbacks with files or devices (Unix only)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_CreateFileHandler(fd, mask, proc, clientData)

       Tcl_DeleteFileHandler(fd)

ARGUMENTS
       int fd (in)                           Unix file descriptor for an  open
                                             file or device.

       int mask (in)                         Conditions   under   which   proc
                                             should be called: OR-ed  combina-
                                             tion       of       TCL_READABLE,
                                             TCL_WRITABLE, and  TCL_EXCEPTION.
                                             May  be  set  to 0 to temporarily
                                             disable a handler.

       Tcl_FileProc *proc (in)               Procedure to invoke whenever  the
                                             file  or device indicated by file
                                             meets the conditions specified by
                                             mask.

       ClientData clientData (in)            Arbitrary  one-word value to pass
                                             to proc.
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DESCRIPTION
       Tcl_CreateFileHandler arranges for proc to be  invoked  in  the  future
       whenever  I/O  becomes  possible  on a file or an exceptional condition
       exists for the file.  The file is indicated by fd, and  the  conditions
       of  interest  are indicated by mask.  For example, if mask is TCL_READ-
       ABLE, proc will be called when the file is readable.  The  callback  to
       proc is made by Tcl_DoOneEvent, so Tcl_CreateFileHandler is only useful
       in programs that dispatch events through Tcl_DoOneEvent or through  Tcl
       commands such as vwait.

       Proc should have arguments and result that match the type Tcl_FileProc:

              typedef void Tcl_FileProc(
                      ClientData clientData,
                      int mask);

       The  clientData  parameter to proc is a copy of the clientData argument
       given to Tcl_CreateFileHandler when the callback  was  created.   Typi-
       cally,  clientData  points  to a data structure containing application-
       specific information about the file.  Mask is an integer mask  indicat-
       ing which of the requested conditions actually exists for the file;  it
       will contain a subset of the bits in the mask argument  to  Tcl_Create-
       FileHandler.

       There  may exist only one handler for a given file at a given time.  If
       Tcl_CreateFileHandler is called when a handler already exists  for  fd,
       then  the  new  callback  replaces  the information that was previously
       recorded.

       Tcl_DeleteFileHandler may be called to delete the file handler for  fd;
       if no handler exists for the file given by fd then the procedure has no
       effect.

       The purpose of file handlers is to enable an application to respond  to
       events  while  waiting  for files to become ready for I/O.  For this to
       work correctly, the application may need to use non-blocking I/O opera-
       tions  on  the  files  for  which handlers are declared.  Otherwise the
       application may block if it reads or writes too much data; while  wait-
       ing for the I/O to complete the application will not be able to service
       other events. Use Tcl_SetChannelOption with -blocking to set the  chan-
       nel into blocking or nonblocking mode as required.

       Note  that  these interfaces are only supported by the Unix implementa-
       tion of the Tcl notifier.

SEE ALSO
       fileevent(n), Tcl_CreateTimerHandler(3), Tcl_DoWhenIdle(3)

KEYWORDS
       callback, file, handler

Tcl                                   8.0             Tcl_CreateFileHandler(3)

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