tell(3Tcl)

tell - Return current access position for an open file

As shipped in IRIX 6.5.7. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.

NAME
     tell - Return current access position for an open file

SYNOPSIS
     tell fileId


DESCRIPTION
     Returns a decimal string giving the current access position in fileId.
     FileId must have been the return value from a previous call to open, or
     it may be stdin, stdout, or stderr to refer to one of the standard I/O
     channels.


KEYWORDS
     access position, file