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#### Some text file tricks

The following listing contains the interface of the TFDD unit.

This unit provides some tricks with text files, e.g. a "tee" file which causes everything written to it to be written to two other files.

    { Some text file tricks.

      Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

      Author: Frank Heckenbach <frank@pascal.gnu.de>

      This file is part of GNU Pascal.

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    {$gnu-pascal,I-}
    {$if __GPC_RELEASE__ < 20030412}
    {$error This unit requires GPC release 20030412 or newer.}
    {$endif}

    unit TFDD;

    interface

    uses GPC;

    { Write to multiple files. Everything written to Dest after calling
      this procedure will be written to both File1 and File2. Can be
      chained. }
    procedure MultiFileWrite (var Dest, File1, File2: AnyFile);
      attribute (name = '_p_MultiFileWrite');