** Synopsis **

===
[package require] pipe
[lassign] [[pipe]] readChanId writeChanId
...
[close] $readChanId; [close] $writeChanId
===

** Description **

This extension provides one Tcl command, '''pipe''', created in the root namespace.

The code is taken from the implementation of the [chan pipe] command with the purpose of making this functionality available for Tcl versions <= 8.5 while not requiring the presence of the [Tclx] package.

The syntax and semantics of the provided command are the same as of [chan pipe], just the name differs.

** Availability **

The source and Win32 binary (built using the MSVC 6.0 compiler) are hosted at [http://sgolovan.nes.ru/jabber/tclpipe/].

The source is confirmed to build and work on Windows XP (MSYS/MinGW and MSVC 6.0) and Debian Linux ("Etch").

This package is created by [kostix].

** See also **

Tclx's [pipe] command description.

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