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crosson_16669
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Jan 08, 2013

Read the contents of a file as a string

Since tcl [open filename] is a disabled command how do I read the contents of a stored file as a string?     I need to store several scripts and run eval against them. It makes more sense to ...
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Jan 08, 2013

sorry, do i misunderstand?

e.g.

 

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule myrule
ltm rule myrule {
    when RULE_INIT {
  log local0. "\[eval [ifile get info_hostname_ifile]\] [eval [ifile get info_hostname_ifile]]"
}
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm ifile info_hostname_ifile
ltm ifile info_hostname_ifile {
    file-name info_hostname_file
}
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list sys file ifile info_hostname_file
sys file ifile info_hostname_file {
    checksum SHA1:13:bc46a43e1e7e2fcd875eeb750872f2813896854a
    create-time 2013-01-09:01:29:03
    created-by admin
    last-update-time 2013-01-09:01:29:03
    mode 33188
    revision 1
    size 13
    updated-by admin
}

[root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] config  tail -f /var/log/ltm
Jan  9 01:31:41 ve11a info tmm[11170]: Rule /Common/myrule : [eval info hostname] ve11a.acme.com
Jan  9 01:31:41 ve11a info tmm1[11170]: Rule /Common/myrule : [eval info hostname] ve11a.acme.com