S="subsection"><A NAME="htoc350">12.1.15</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;Channel</H3><P><A NAME="obj:Channel"></A><A NAME="object:Channel"></A><A NAME="@default382"></A><A NAME="@obj24"></A></P><P>Parent objects: <CODE>Object</CODE>.</P><P>A <CODE>Channel</CODE> is a generic IO channel.
It provides the following methods.
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<CODE>$(o.close)</CODE>: close the channel.
</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><CODE>$(o.name)</CODE>: returns the file name associated with the channel.
</LI></UL><