> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabrizio Caruso [mailto:caruso at dm.unipi.it]
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:49 AM
> To: Richard Fateman
> Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: RE: [Maxima] reading data from a file
>
> if I do as you suggest I get the
> follwoing error message:
> f : ?open("/home/caruso/Work/code/maxima/test.out")$
>
You left out one character:
?open(?" .....)
^
Try again :)