My example ran on windows using wxmaxima. You are using some version of
unix. There is no reason for the given command to execute (cl-user::run), so
I do not know why the unix version is trying this, or if the error message
is itself an error.
RJF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Fabrizio Caruso
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:07 AM
> To: Richard Fateman
> Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] reading data from a file
>
> It was just a typo in my previous email.
>
> I still get the follwing error message:
>
> f : ?open(?"/home/caruso/Work/code/maxima/test.out")$
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
> Error during processing of --eval option "(cl-user::run)":
>
> The value |/home/caruso/Work/code/maxima/test.out|
> is not of type
> (OR (VECTOR CHARACTER) (VECTOR NIL) BASE-STRING PATHNAME STREAM).
>
> Automatically continuing.
> To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
>
> Fabrizio
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Richard Fateman wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > -----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 :)
> >
> >
> >
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