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.so man.macros

.TH source n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"

.BS

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.SH NAME

source \- Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBsource \fIfileName\fR

.sp

\fBsource\fR \fB\-rsrc \fIresourceName \fR?\fIfileName\fR?

.sp

\fBsource\fR \fB\-rsrcid \fIresourceId \fR?\fIfileName\fR?

.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

This command takes the contents of the specified file or resource

and passes it to the Tcl interpreter as a text script.  The return

value from \fBsource\fR is the return value of the last command

executed in the script.  If an error occurs in evaluating the contents

of the script then the \fBsource\fR command will return that error.

If a \fBreturn\fR command is invoked from within the script then the

remainder of the file will be skipped and the \fBsource\fR command

will return normally with the result from the \fBreturn\fR command.

The \fI\-rsrc\fR and \fI\-rsrcid\fR forms of this command are only

available on Macintosh computers.  These versions of the command

allow you to source a script from a \fBTEXT\fR resource.  You may specify

what \fBTEXT\fR resource to source by either name or id.  By default Tcl

searches all open resource files, which include the current

application and any loaded C extensions.  Alternatively, you may

specify the \fIfileName\fR where the \fBTEXT\fR resource can be found.

.SH KEYWORDS

file, script