opensolaris man page for rename

Query: rename

OS: opensolaris

Section: 1t

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rename(1T)						       Tcl Built-In Commands							rename(1T)

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NAME
rename - Rename or delete a command
SYNOPSIS
rename oldName newName _________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Rename the command that used to be called oldName so that it is now called newName. If newName is an empty string then oldName is deleted. oldName and newName may include namespace qualifiers (names of containing namespaces). If a command is renamed into a different namespace, future invocations of it will execute in the new namespace. The rename command returns an empty string as result.
EXAMPLE
The rename command can be used to wrap the standard Tcl commands with your own monitoring machinery. For example, you might wish to count how often the source command is called: rename ::source ::theRealSource set sourceCount 0 proc ::source args { global sourceCount puts "called source for the [incr sourceCount]'th time" uplevel 1 ::theRealSource $args }
SEE ALSO
namespace(1T), proc(1T)
KEYWORDS
command, delete, namespace, rename
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTcl | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tcl rename(1T)
Related Man Pages
global(1t) - opensolaris
delete(n) - osx
delete(7f) - x11r4
delete(0x7f) - minix
delete(127) - plan9
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