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.so man.macros

.TH fcopy n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"

.BS

'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!

.SH NAME

fcopy \- Copy data from one channel to another.

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBfcopy \fIinchan\fR \fIoutchan\fR ?\fB\-size \fIsize\fR? ?\fB\-command \fIcallback\fR?

.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

The \fBfcopy\fP command copies data from one I/O channel, \fIinchan\fR to another I/O channel, \fIoutchan\fR.

The \fBfcopy\fP command leverages the buffering in the Tcl I/O system to

avoid extra copies and to avoid buffering too much data in

main memory when copying large files to slow destinations like

network sockets.

.PP

The \fBfcopy\fP

command transfers data from \fIinchan\fR until end of file

or \fIsize\fP bytes have been

transferred. If no \fB\-size\fP argument is given,

then the copy goes until end of file.

All the data read from \fIinchan\fR is copied to \fIoutchan\fR.

Without the \fB\-command\fP option, \fBfcopy\fP blocks until the copy is complete

and returns the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR.

.PP

The \fB\-command\fP argument makes \fBfcopy\fP work in the background.

In this case it returns immediately and the \fIcallback\fP is invoked

later when the copy completes.

The \fIcallback\fP is called with

one or two additional

arguments that indicates how many bytes were written to \fIoutchan\fR.

If an error occurred during the background copy, the second argument is the

error string associated with the error.

With a background copy,

it is not necessary to put \fIinchan\fR or \fIoutchan\fR into

non-blocking mode; the \fBfcopy\fP command takes care of that automatically.

However, it is necessary to enter the event loop by using

the \fBvwait\fP command or by using Tk.

.PP

You are not allowed to do other I/O operations with

\fIinchan\fR or \fIoutchan\fR during a background fcopy.

If either \fIinchan\fR or \fIoutchan\fR get closed

while the copy is in progress, the current copy is stopped

and the command callback is \fInot\fP made.

If \fIinchan\fR is closed,

then all data already queued for \fIoutchan\fR is written out.

.PP

Note that \fIinchan\fR can become readable during a background copy.

You should turn off any \fBfileevent\fP handlers during a background

copy so those handlers do not interfere with the copy.

Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fP handler will get a "channel busy" error.

.PP

\fBFcopy\fR translates end-of-line sequences in \fIinchan\fR and \fIoutchan\fR

according to the \fB\-translation\fR option

for these channels.

See the manual entry for \fBfconfigure\fR for details on the

\fB\-translation\fR option.

The translations mean that the number of bytes read from \fIinchan\fR

can be different than the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR.

Only the number of bytes written to \fIoutchan\fR is reported,

either as the return value of a synchronous \fBfcopy\fP or

as the argument to the callback for an asynchronous \fBfcopy\fP.

.SH EXAMPLE

.PP

This first example shows how the callback gets

passed the number of bytes transferred.

It also uses vwait to put the application into the event loop.

Of course, this simplified example could be done without the command

callback.

.DS

proc Cleanup {in out bytes {error {}}} {

    global total

    set total $bytes

    close $in

    close $out

    if {[string length $error] != 0} {

        # error occurred during the copy

    }

}

set in [open $file1]

set out [socket $server $port]

fcopy $in $out -command [list Cleanup $in $out]

vwait total

.DE

.PP

The second example copies in chunks and tests for end of file

in the command callback

.DS

proc CopyMore {in out chunk bytes {error {}}} {

    global total done

    incr total $bytes

    if {([string length $error] != 0) || [eof $in] {

        set done $total

        close $in

        close $out

    } else {

        fcopy $in $out -command [list CopyMore $in $out $chunk] \\

            -size $chunk

    }

}

set in [open $file1]

set out [socket $server $port]

set chunk 1024

set total 0

fcopy $in $out -command [list CopyMore $in $out $chunk] -size $chunk

vwait done

.DE

.SH "SEE ALSO"

eof(n), fblocked(n), fconfigure(n)

.SH KEYWORDS

blocking, channel, end of line, end of file, nonblocking, read, translation