Version 4 of Tcllib Contents

Updated 2004-10-05 19:03:11

This page is a summary of (some of) the packages in the Tcllib distributions. Commands provided by each package are not listed, and we ask the reader to consult the regular documentation instead. The companion page Tcllib Location provides the information on where to find this documentation.

Note: Currently lots of commands are listed for the various packages. This is something iherited from before the restructuring of the Tcllib pages on the wiki. This will change over time, as command lists are replaced by short package descriptions.


Most of the packages have their own pages here on the Wiki as well, providing examples, discussions, tips and tricks. These pages often also refer directly to the regular documentation for that package.


Tcllib has new code added to it all the time. If the version of Tcllib you are using doesn't have one of these packages, try the latest CVS head .


  1. asn - asn.1 BER encoder/decoder
  2. http/autoproxy code to automate the use of HTTP proxy servers
  3. base64 - Base64 encoding and decoding of strings and files.
  4. bee - BitTorrent serialization encoder/decoder.
  5. calendar - Calendar operations (see also tcllib calendar module).
  6. cmdline - Various form of command line and option processing.
  7. comm - Socket based interprocess communication. Emulates the form of Tk's send command.
  8. control - procedures for tcl flow structures such as assert, do/until, do/while, no-op
  9. counter - procedures for counters and histograms
  10. crc - Computation of various CRC checksums for strings and files.
  11. csv - procs to manipulate comma separated value data
  12. des - ::DES::des (not yet installed)
  13. dns - dns::address, dns::cleanup, dns::cname, dns::configure, dns::name, dns::reset, dns::resolve, dns::status, dns::wait,
  14. doctools - System for writing manpages/documentation in a simple, yet powerful format.
  15. exif - exif::analyze exif::fieldnames
  16. fileutil - Utilities for operating on files, emulating various unix command line applications (cat, find, file(type), touch, ...).
  17. ftp - ::ftp::Append, ::ftp::Cd, ::ftp::Close, ::ftp::CloseDataConn ::ftp::Command, ::ftp::CopyNext, ::ftp::Delete, ::ftp::DisplayMsg, ::ftp::ElapsedTime, ::ftp::FileSize, ::ftp::Get, ::ftp::HandleData, ::ftp::HandleList,ftp::HandleVar, ::ftp::HandleOutput, ::ftp::InitDataConn, ::ftp::List, ::ftp::ListPostProcess, ::ftp::MkDir, ::ftp::ModTime, ::ftp::ModTimePostProcess, ::ftp::Newer, ::ftp::NList, ::ftp::Open, ::ftp::OpenActiveConn, ::ftp::OpenControlConn, ::ftp::OpenPassiveConn, ::ftp::Put, ::ftp::PutsCtrlSock, ::ftp::Pwd, ::ftp::Quote, ::ftp::Reget, ::ftp::Rename, ::ftp::RmDir, ::ftp::StateHandler, ::ftp::Timeout, ::ftp::Type, ::ftp::WaitComplete, ::ftp::WaitOrTimeout, ftp::geturl
  18. ftpd - ::ftpd::config, ::ftpd::hasCallback, ::ftpd::logStderr, ::ftpd::fileAuth, ::ftpd::anonAuth, ::ftpd::unixAuth, ::ftpd::server, ::ftpd::accept, ::ftpd::read, ::ftpd::docRoot, ::ftpd::fs
  19. grammar_fa - Currently only available through CVS head. Provides operations on finite automatons.
  20. html - html::author, html::author, html::bodyTag, html::cell, html::checkbox, html::checkSet, html::checkValue, html::closeTag, html::default, html::description, html::description, html::end, html::eval, html::extractParam, html::font, html::for, html::foreach, html::formValue, html::getFormInfo, html::getTitle, html::h, html::h1, html::h2, html::h3, html::h4, html::h5, html::h6, html::hdrRow, html::head, html::head, html::headTag, html::if, html::init, html::init, html::keywords, html::keywords, html::mailto, html::meta, html::meta, html::minorList, html::minorMenu, html::openTag, html::paramRow, html::passwordInput, html::passwordInputRow, html::radioSet, html::radioValue, html::refresh, html::refresh, html::row, html::select, html::selectPlain, html::set, html::submit, html::tableFromArray, html::tableFromList, html::tagParam, html::textarea, html::textInput, html::textInputRow, html::title, html::title, html::urlParent, html::varEmpty, html::while,
  21. htmldoc - This is not a true module but the place where tcllib 1.3 installed the tcllib documentation in HTML format.
  22. ::htmlparse::parse, ::htmlparse::debugCallback, ::htmlparse::mapEscapes, ::htmlparse::2tree, ::htmlparse::removeVisualFluff, ::htmlparse::removeFormDefs,
  23. ident RFC 1413 ident client protocol implementation
  24. imap4 - currently undocumented code for interacting with an IMAP server
  25. inifile - ::ini::open, ::ini::close, ::ini::commit, ::ini::sections, ::ini::keys, ::ini::value
  26. dns/ip - ::ip::version, ::ip::is, ::ip::normalize, ::ip::equal, ::ip::prefix
  27. irc - irc::config, irc::connection,
  28. javascript - javascript::BeginJS, javascript::EndJS, javascript::MakeMultiSel, javascript::MakeClickProc, javascript::makeSelectorWidget, javascript::makeSubmitButton, javascript::makeProtectedSubmitButton, javascript::makeMasterButton, javascript::makeParentCheckbox, javascript::makeChildCheckbox
  29. jpeg - to appear in the next release
  30. ldap
  31. log - ::log::levels, ::log::logMsg, ::log::lv2longform, ::log::lv2color,::log::lv2priority,
  32. logger - ::logger::walk, ::logger::services, ::logger::enable, ::logger::disable (part of the log module)
  33. math - ::math::calculus, ::math::combinatorics, ::math::cov, ::math::fibonacci, ::math::integrate, ::math::interpolate, ::math::max, ::math::mean, ::math::min, ::math::optimize, ::math::product, ::math::random, ::math::sigma, ::math::statistics, ::math::stats, ::math::sum
  34. md4 - ::md4::md4, ::md4::hmac, ::md4::MD4Init, ::md4::MD4Update, ::md4::MD4Final
  35. md5 - ::md5::md5, ::md5::hmac, ::md5::test, ::md5::time, ::md5::<<<,
  36. md5crypt - ::md5crypt::md5crypt, ::md5crypt::aprcrypt
  37. mime - ::mime::initialize, ::mime::parsepart, ::mime::finalize, ::smtp::sendmessage
  38. multiplexer - [fill in the external interfaces]
  39. ::ncgi::reset, ::ncgi::urlStub, ::ncgi::urlStub
  40. ::nntp::nntp, ::nntp::NntpProc, ::nntp::NntpProc, ::nntp:;okprint, ::nntp::message,
  41. ::ntp::time
  42. png - to appear in the next release
  43. ::pop3::open, ::pop3::close, ::pop3::status,
  44. pop3d - pop3d::new
  45. ::profiler::tZero, ::profiler::tMark, ::profiler::stats, ::profiler::Handler, ::profiler::profProc, ::profiler::init
  46. ::rc4::rc4 - stream encryption
  47. ::report::report , ::report::defstyle, ::report::rmstyle,
  48. ripemd
  49. ::sha1::sha1, ::sha1::hmac
  50. ::smtpd::start, ::smtpd::stop, ::smtpd::configure, ::smtpd::cget
  51. snit - Snit's Not Incr Tcl - OO package. Delegation based. ::snit::type, ::snit::widget, ::snit::widgetadaptor
  52. soundex::knuth
  53. stooop - OO package. stooop::class, stooop::virtual, stooop::new, stooop::delete, stooop::classof
  54. [struct1] - Version 1 of struct (see below), provided for backward compatibility.
  55. ::struct::list, ::struct::graph, ::struct::matrix, ::struct::queue, ::struct::stack, ::struct::Tree, ::struct::record, ::struct::skiplist, ::struct::prioqueue, new: ::struct::sets
  56. tar - untar, list, and stat files in tarballs and create new tarballs
  57. textutil. Utilities for working with larger bodies of texts.
  58. textutil::expand is the core for the referenced macro processor.
  59. tie
  60. treeql
  61. uri. Handling of urls (splitting, joining, ...)
  62. uuid. Creation of unique identifiers.
  63. The package stats is no longer distributed. Use counter instead.
  64. devtools distributed, but not installed. This is an experimental package and currently more of internal use.

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