Version 0 of Channel Implementations

Updated 2001-01-03 07:42:48

This page describes all known channels, including those in extensions. Part of the benefit is so that people implementing new channels can look at how others have done it. - DL

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Built-in Channels

file

File/device/process channel (create with open)

sock

TCP channel (create with socket)

Extension Channels

exp

Pty/process channel (create with spawn). Expect extension. [L1 ] Don Libes

tls

SSL channel (create with tls::socket). TLS extension. [L2 ]

x25

X.25 switched virtual circuit (create with x25::socket). x25 extension. [L3 ]

memchan

In-memory channel. Memchan extension [L4 ] Andreas Kupries

fifo

In-memory channel, fifo-behaviour. Memchan extension (s.a.)

   mod_dtcl:        mod_dtcl has a file channel built in to interact with Apache [http://tcl.apache.org/mod_dtcl/]

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Other documentation

See the Tcl documentation at SourceForge [L5 ], specifically The Tcl I/O system as seen by a driver (channel type) [L6 ]