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- .so man.macros
- .HS file tcl
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- .SH NAME
- file \- Manipulate file names and attributes
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBfile \fIoption\fR \fIname\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
- .BE
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- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This command provides several operations on a file's name or attributes.
- \fIName\fR is the name of a file;
- .TP
- \fBfile \fBsize \fIname\fR
- Returns a decimal string giving the size of file \fIname\fR in bytes.
- If the file doesn't exist or its size cannot be queried then an
- error is generated.
- .TP
- \fBfile \fBtype \fIname\fR
- Returns a string giving the type of the file in decimal.
- .TP
- \fBfile \fBexists \fIname\fR
- Returns 1 if the file exists 0 otherwise
- .TP
- \fBfile \fBaccess \fIname\fR
- Returns access details of the file as a subset of rwxlRWXL
- - lower case for user access.
- .TP
- \fBfile \fBfull \fIname\fR
- Returns the canonicalized version of the file name.
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- .SH KEYWORDS
- attributes, directory, file, name
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