Command/ReadFile
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\ReadFile
Syntax
| \ReadFile {file} | |
| file | name of the file |
Description
The command \ReadFile {filename} is replaced by the content of the text file filename, if it exists. If it does not exist, no error message is generated and the compile process continues.
When no file extension is specified, the extension .tex is assumed.
Similar to the case with project structure commands such as \environment, \ReadFile causes ConTeXt to look in ancestor directories for the specified file.
Example
We have a chapter 1 file, but no chapter 2 file:
% chapter-01.tex \subject{Chapter 1} This is the first chapter.
The book file attempts to incorporate both chapters, using \ReadFile{filename}:
% complete-book.tex \starttext % No extension specified, so .tex assumed \ReadFile{chapter-01} \ReadFile{chapter-02} \stoptext
Compiling book.tex produces the following:
No error message is generated for the missing chapter 2, and the compilation completes successfully.
See also
- \input: Similar to
\ReadFilebut the filename is not specified as an argument. - \readfile: Similar to
\ReadFilewith additional options when file is not found. - \getbuffer: Get back the "formatted" content of a buffer.
- \typebuffer: Get back the content of a buffer as verbatim text.
- \typefile: Print a file verbatim
- \component and \environment for input commands with more descriptive names.
- Dummy text for other ways to produce filler text
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