20.2. Tcl language fundamentals

Before learning about WSCP, the user has to have at least a basic idea about Tcl scripting. In this section, we give a very basic summary of the fundamentals of the language. This should be enough for those who know other programming or scripting languages, but have not used Tcl before, to understand the example wscp commands presented in this chapter.

Note that this really is just a brief introduction to Tcl syntax. There are many good books available for those who wish to learn Tcl; this introduction is included for those who want a “quick start” to understanding the examples in this book.

20.2.1. Basic Tcl syntax

Tcl is a scripting language. Commands are separated by new lines or semicolons; words are separated ...

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