how to read a file and set this information to a variable

[cubicle4]

I need to be able to retrieve the contents of a file and set them to a variable.

Anyhow, this is what I have so far. I am able to return the channel fine but can't retrieve what is in the file. Here is the code snippet that I am using. Keep in mind that I have left out the fully qualified path for this example:

if [catch {open /files/23068.htm r} fileId] {
set stdErr "Cannot open file"
} else {
set fileOutput [read -nonewline $fileId]
close $fileId
}

TIA

Harold

 

[Bong]

I tried your snippet (on a text file) and it worked fine. I assume your target file exists? Is it, by any chance, binary (I wouldn't think so with the htm extension but I can't see why your script would fail otherwise)? Bob Rashkin
rrashkin@csc.com

 

[cubicle4]

Actually, just found out, that yes indeed it does work. Just so happens that the file I was trying to read had no data in it. Pretty funny, yet pretty stoopid. Should have confirmed the data first. Thanks - Harold