'''`[Tcl Library%|%auto_load]`''', a command in the [Tcl library], attempts to load the definition for a command.



** Synopsis **

    :   '''auto_load''' ''cmd''



** Description **

`[auto_load]`, looks in the directories specified by `$auto_path` for files
named '''`tclIndex`'''.  These are "Tcl autoload index files", and are
formatted in two versions; version 2.0 contains commands set
auto_index(::namespace::function_name) `$cmd` where `$cmd` typically sources a
file that defines the command `::namespace::function_name`

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