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Qualifier

Parameter

/BUFFER

Language Sensitive Editor Menu READ — VMS LSE_3.0

=TITLE READ
 Inserts the contents of a file into a buffer.

 Format

     READ   file-spec

Additional information available:

QualifierParameter

Qualifier

=TITLE Qualifier

Additional information available:

/BUFFER

/BUFFER

    /BUFFER=buffer-name

 Specifies a buffer into which the file is to be read.
 If the buffer does not exist, it is created for display
 only (the buffer cannot be written back to a file).

Parameter

=TITLE Parameter

file-spec
 Specifies the file to be read. LSE uses the list for
 the current SET SOURCE_DIRECTORY command to resolve the
 file specification.

 LSE uses VAX DEC/CMS to access a file if the directory
 for the file to be accessed is the same as the current
 CMS library.

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