From: Jim Phillips (jim_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 17:33:20 CST
Hi,
The $contents is being interpreted as a csh variable rather than a tcl
variable. For an inlined script like this you need to escape the $
character with a \ so that csh will ignore it. Hence:
psfgen << ENDMOL
set contents [read [open pdbfile.list r]]
puts \$contents
<snip>
ENDMOL
-Jim
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 scott.brown_at_abbott.com wrote:
> I'm trying to use a Tcl script to run psfgen across a series of pdb files.
> I'm having a problem with using a variable set within the script.
>
> Here's the important part of the script:
>
> psfgen << ENDMOL
>
> set contents [read [open pdbfile.list r]]
> puts $contents
>
> <snip>
>
> ENDMOL
>
> The following is the output I'm getting from this:
>
> contents: Undefined variable.
>
> Can anyone help me identify what I'm doing wrong? As far as I know I'm
> using valid Tcl syntax.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Scott
>
>
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