'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: source.n,v 1.2 2001/09/14 01:42:28 zlaski Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH source n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .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