'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Scriptics Corporation. '\" All rights reserved. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) packagens.n,v 1.5 2003/01/21 19:40:00 hunt Exp '\" .so man.macros .TH pkg::create n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME pkg::create \- Construct an appropriate \fBpackage ifneeded\fR command for a given package specification .SH SYNOPSIS \fB::pkg::create \fI\-name packageName\fR \fI\-version packageVersion\fR ?\fI\-load filespec\fR? ... ?\fI\-source filespec\fR? ... .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP \fB::pkg::create\fR is a utility procedure that is part of the standard Tcl library. It is used to create an appropriate \fBpackage ifneeded\fR command for a given package specification. It can be used to construct a \fBpkgIndex.tcl\fR file for use with the \fBpackage\fR mechanism. .SH OPTIONS The parameters supported are: .TP \fB\-name\fR\0\fIpackageName\fR This parameter specifies the name of the package. It is required. .TP \fB\-version\fR\0\fIpackageVersion\fR This parameter specifies the version of the package. It is required. .TP \fB\-load\fR\0\fIfilespec\fR This parameter specifies a binary library that must be loaded with the \fBload\fR command. \fIfilespec\fR is a list with two elements. The first element is the name of the file to load. The second, optional element is a list of commands supplied by loading that file. If the list of procedures is empty or omitted, \fB::pkg::create\fR will set up the library for direct loading (see \fBpkg_mkIndex\fR). Any number of \fB\-load\fR parameters may be specified. .TP \fB\-source\fR\0\fIfilespec\fR This parameter is similar to the \fB\-load\fR parameter, except that it specifies a Tcl library that must be loaded with the \fBsource\fR command. Any number of \fB\-source\fR parameters may be specified. .PP At least one \fB\-load\fR or \fB\-source\fR parameter must be given. .SH "SEE ALSO" package(n) .SH KEYWORDS auto-load, index, package, version