Newby can't get "load" to work.



maxima_userdir;
"C:/Users/cdr/maxima"
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load("test.max");
loadfile: failed to load C:/Users/cdr/maxima/test.max
  -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
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yet the file is really there:
/home/cdr$ ls C:/Users/cdr/maxima/test.max
C:/Users/cdr/maxima/test.max
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here is the file:
/* test.max - test maxima */
/* put in maxima_userdir (e.g. cdr/maxima/) and then
* call with load("test.max"); but not working */
a:3;
b:4;
c:a+b;
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Above example from Windows 7, but have same problem in Debian (virtual, 
on VMWare).

Also, "system" seems to work only on Windows XP, not Windows 7 or 
Debian, and only for the command-line version even on XP, so how do you 
navigate the file system?