can't import from file in OSX?

[Michael Hasak]

The source of my extreme bafflement is the code snippet below.  I believe 
this is the proper way to read text from a file and have it accessible in a 
text field, but I don't see any sign that the file read has occured, and 
defintely don't get the text in my field.

The first two lines are commented out, previous attempts; the current 
attempt is the last two lines.  None of them have worked.

--put URL "file:~/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" into field theOutput
--set the text of field theOutput to the text of URL "file:/etc/bashrc"
put "/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" into theFile
get the fifth line of URL "file:/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output"
put it into field theOutput

I tried this with an http URL, and it worked fine.  The files in question 
have been checked for the proper permissions (world-readable).  I even tried 
creating a new stack and testing the code in there.  Don't see any clues 
from previous posts to the list.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Mike H




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