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Table Of Contents

All Tcl Commands by Category	NaviServer commands
Engineering Standards Manual	Engineering Standards Manual
History of NaviServer	History of NaviServer
Keyed Lists	Keyed Lists
Managing TCL interpreter initialization	Managing TCL interpreter initialization
NaviServer ADP Development	NaviServer ADP Development
NaviServer CGI Interface Guide	NaviServer CGI Interface Guide
NaviServer Configuration	NaviServer Configuration Guide
NaviServer Control Port Guide	NaviServer Control Port Guide
NaviServer Database Administration Guide	NaviServer Database Administration Guide
NaviServer Database Driver Development Guide	NaviServer Database Driver Development Guide
NaviServer Features	NaviServer Features
NaviServer Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)	NaviServer Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
NaviServer Installation Guide	NaviServer Installation Guide
NaviServer Maintenance Guide	NaviServer Maintenance Guide
NaviServer Permissions and Access Control Guide	NaviServer Permissions and Access Control Guide
NaviServer Tcl Libraries	NaviServer Tcl Libraries
NaviServer Tcl Overview	NaviServer Tcl Overview
NaviServer Tuning and Scaling Guide	NaviServer Tuning and Scaling Guide
NaviServer urlspace Data Structure	NaviServer urlspace Data Structure
ns_accesslog	Control the nslog access log module
ns_addrbyhost	Forward lookup a hostname to its IP address
ns_adp	ADP introduction and operation
ns_adp_abort	Stop processing of the current ADP and discard queued output
ns_adp_append	Append data to the output buffer for the current connection
ns_adp_argc	Return the number of arguments to the current ADP
ns_adp_argv	Return the number of arguments to the current ADP
ns_adp_bind_args	Bind ADP arguments to variables
ns_adp_break	Stop processing of the current ADP
ns_adp_ctl	ADP control command
ns_adp_debug	Connect to the TclPro debugger if not already connected
ns_adp_dir	Returns the current working directory for an ADP page
ns_adp_dump	Return the contents of the current ADP output buffer
ns_adp_eval	Evaluate an ADP block
ns_adp_exception	Examine the current ADP exception state
ns_adp_include	Parse an ADP file and return its output
ns_adp_info	Get inforamtion about currrently procesing ADP
ns_adp_mime	Get or set the mime type for the current ADP page
ns_adp_mimetype	Get or set the mime type for the current ADP page
ns_adp_parse	Parse an ADP file or string and return its output
ns_adp_puts	Append data to the output buffer for the current connection
ns_adp_register	Creating custom ADP tags
ns_adp_return	Stop processing of the current ADP and return up the call stack
ns_adp_safeeval	Evaluate in safe Tcl interp
ns_adp_stats	Return statistics about cached ADP pages
ns_adp_tell	Get number of bytes in current ADP output buffer
ns_adp_trunc	Truncate the ADP output buffer
ns_after	Execute a command after a time delay
ns_atclose	Queue a script to run after the current connection is closed
ns_atsignal	Server callbacks
ns_base64decode	Binary-to-text decoding using "base64" encoding
ns_base64encode	Binary-to-text encoding using "base64" encoding
ns_browsermatch	Match against the User-Agent header
ns_buildsqldate	Build a SQL date value from specified month, day, and year
ns_cache	Cache manipulation
ns_cancel	Cancel scheduled proc
ns_chan	Share Tcl channels between threads and interpreters
ns_charsets	Determine the charsets for which we have encodings
ns_checkurl	Checks url for authorization
ns_choosecharset	Return the name of the most appropriate charset for the request
ns_cond	Operate on condition variables
ns_config	Extract configuration information from the server
ns_configsection	Return a handle to an ns_set for a section of the server's configuration
ns_configsections	Return a list of handles to ns_sets for every section in the server's configuration
ns_conn	Find information about the current HTTP connection
ns_conncptofp	Write content to a file
ns_cookie	HTTP cookies
ns_cookiecharset	Set the urlencoding to the charset given in the named cookie if it exists
ns_cookietime	Convert seconds to Netscape's cookie date format
ns_critsec	Operate on critical section objects
ns_crypt	Encrypt a string for use as a password
ns_db	Standard database access API
ns_dbquotename	Surround a name with double quotes if it contains a space
ns_dbquotevalue	Prepare a value string for inclusion in an SQL statement
ns_encodingforcharset	Return the name of the encoding for the specified charset
ns_encodingfortype	Return the encoding implied by the given mime type string
ns_env	Return, change or add a value of an environment variable
ns_event	Manage events
ns_filestat	Returns information about a file
ns_findset	Find a set by its name from a list of sets
ns_fmttime	Convert seconds to a human-readable format using templates
ns_formfieldcharset	Set the urlencoding to the charset given in the named form field if it exists
ns_ftruncate	truncate an open Tcl channel to a specified length
ns_getform	Return an ns_set that contains all of the query data that was part of the HTTP request
ns_getformfile	Return a tempfile for a form file field
ns_geturl	Fetch a URL
ns_gifsize	Determine the width and height of a GIF87 or GIF89 image
ns_gmtime	Return current time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
ns_guesstype	Lookup MIME type based on file extension
ns_hashpath	Break path into subdirectories
ns_hostbyaddr	Reverse lookup an IP address to its hostname
ns_hrefs	Returns URLs from anchor elements in a chunk of HTML
ns_htmlselect	Build an HTML SELECT form widget from the specified data
ns_http	Simple HTTP client functionality
ns_httpget	Open an HTTP connection and fetch a page
ns_httpopen	Fetch a web page
ns_httppost	Open an HTTP connection and posts data to the server
ns_httptime	Convert seconds to HTTP date format
ns_ictl	Manipulate and introspect Tcl interpreter internals
ns_imgmime	Return the MIME type of an image
ns_imgsize	Determine the width and height of a JPEG, GIF or PNG image
ns_imgtype	Return the type of an image
ns_info	Return information about various aspects of the running NaviServer
ns_issmallint	Test to see if a number is a 'smallint'
ns_job	Implement job queues and thread pools for evaluating Tcl scripts
ns_jpegsize	Determine the width and height of a JPEG image
ns_kill	Send a process a signal
ns_library	Get the paths to the private and shared Tcl libraries
ns_limits	Connection request resource limits
ns_localsqltimestamp	Return a SQL timestamp containing the local time
ns_localtime	Return current time in local timezone
ns_locationproc	Register custom location handler
ns_log	Send messages to the server log
ns_logctl	Control buffering of log messages
ns_logroll	Roll the server log
ns_memoize	Evaluate a Tcl script and cache the result
ns_mktemp	Make a unique temporary file name
ns_moduleload	Load binary module and initialize it
ns_modulepath	Get the paths to a server's modules
ns_mutex	Operate on mutexes
ns_normalizepath	Normalize a path
ns_pagepath	Return path to current virtual server pages
ns_param	Set a configuration parameter for a section
ns_paren	Surround string with parentheses
ns_parseargs	Parse list of arguments and store them into local Tcl variables
ns_parseheader	Parse HTTP header
ns_parsehttptime	Convert a HTTP date format string into seconds
ns_parsequery	Parse a URL query string into an ns_set
ns_parsetime	Return an element from the time structure list
ns_pause	Pause a scheduled script from running
ns_perm	Add users, groups, and permissions
ns_pngsize	Determine the width and height of a PNG image
ns_proxy	Execute Tcl scripts in an external process
ns_purgefiles	Purge files by date, keeping max files
ns_puts	Output string to the connection
ns_queryexists	Check for a key in the query data that was part of the HTTP request
ns_queryget	Get a value from the query data that was part of the HTTP request
ns_querygetall	Get multiple query values from the HTTP request
ns_quotehtml	Escape HTML characters so they appear as-is in HTML pages
ns_rand	Generate a random number
ns_register	Register Tcl/ADP handlers
ns_register_adp	Respond to URLs with ADP or Tcl pages
ns_requestauthorize	Perform authorization check
ns_resume	Resume a previously paused scheduled script
ns_return	Construct and send a response
ns_returnerror	Return a complete HTTP status message
ns_rollfile	Roll an arbitrary file
ns_runonce	Run Tcl script only once
ns_rwlock	Create, destroy, and manipulate read/write locks
ns_schedule	Scheduling Tcl scripts
ns_section	Specify the current configuration section
ns_sema	Operate on semaphore-like objects
ns_sendmail	Sending mail via SMTP
ns_server	Get state of the server's connection pools and queues
ns_serverpath	Returns absolute path to current virtual server home
ns_serverrootproc	one-line summary what the command does
ns_set	Manipulate sets of key-value pairs
ns_setexpires	Set the current connections Expires header to the current time plus seconds seconds
ns_setformencoding	Set the form encoding of the current connection
ns_sha1	Returns a 40-character, hex-encoded string containing the SHA1 hash of the first argument
ns_shortcut_filter	Stop processing url filters
ns_shutdown	Shut down NaviServer
ns_sleep	Sleep for a specified number of seconds
ns_sls	Socket local storage for connections
Ns_Sls}	Socket local storage
ns_sockaccept	Accept a new socket connection
ns_sockblocking	Set socket blocking
ns_sockcallback	Register a socket callback script
ns_sockcheck	Check if a socket is connected
ns_socketpair	Create a pair of connected sockets
ns_socklisten	Create a new socket listening for connections
ns_socklistencallback	Run script on connection
ns_socknonblocking	Set socket nonblocking
ns_socknread	Return bytes to be read
ns_sockopen	Connect to a remote host on the specified port
ns_sockselect	Determine readable file id's
ns_striphtml	Remove HTML tags from a string
ns_symlink	Create a symbolic link
ns_tagelement	Find the value of an attribute in an HTML element.
ns_tagelementset	Set the value of the value attribute in an HTML element
ns_thread	Operate on threads
ns_time	Perform various time-related functions
ns_tmpnam	Generate a temporary file name
ns_truncate	Truncate file in size
ns_upload_stats	Return realtime statistic about being uploaded file
ns_url2file	Return the path to a file referenced by a URL
ns_urlcharset	Set the current connections url charset
ns_urldecode	URL decoding
ns_urlencode	Encode a string to its URL-encoded representation
ns_uudecode	Binary-to-text decoding using "htuu" encoding
ns_uuencode	Binary-to-text encoding using "htuu" encoding
ns_writecontent	Write content to a file
ns_writer	Manage files with writer thread
nsv	NaviServer nsv Commands
OSSWEB	Framework for developers
Support for .tcl-style dynamic pages	Setting up a TCL error page
Template for new COMMAND	One-line summary what the command does