---
name: "Tcl_RecordAndEval"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "tcl"
version: "8.6.16-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Tcl_RecordAndEval"
---

# Tcl\_RecordAndEval(3)

save command on history list before evaluating

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## NAME

Tcl\_RecordAndEval - save command on history list before evaluating

## SYNOPSIS

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#include <tcl.h>

int
Tcl_RecordAndEval(interp, cmd, flags)
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## ARGUMENTS

- Tcl\_Interp *\*interp* (in)

  Tcl interpreter in which to evaluate command.

- const char *\*cmd* (in)

  Command (or sequence of commands) to execute.

- int *flags* (in)

  An OR'ed combination of flag bits.  **TCL\_NO\_EVAL** means record the command but do not evaluate it.  **TCL\_EVAL\_GLOBAL** means evaluate the command at global level instead of the current stack level.

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## DESCRIPTION

**Tcl\_RecordAndEval** is invoked to record a command as an event on the history list and then execute it using **Tcl\_Eval** (or **Tcl\_GlobalEval** if the **TCL\_EVAL\_GLOBAL** bit is set in *flags*). It returns a completion code such as **TCL\_OK** just like **Tcl\_Eval** and it leaves information in the interpreter's result. If you do not want the command recorded on the history list then you should invoke **Tcl\_Eval** instead of **Tcl\_RecordAndEval**. Normally **Tcl\_RecordAndEval** is only called with top-level commands typed by the user, since the purpose of history is to allow the user to re-issue recently-invoked commands. If the *flags* argument contains the **TCL\_NO\_EVAL** bit then the command is recorded without being evaluated.

Note that **Tcl\_RecordAndEval** has been largely replaced by the value-based procedure **Tcl\_RecordAndEvalObj**. That value-based procedure records and optionally executes a command held in a Tcl value instead of a string.

## SEE ALSO

Tcl\_RecordAndEvalObj

## KEYWORDS

command, event, execute, history, interpreter, record