ve specified an
exact path name; this is why the `<font color="#82140F"><code>open</code></font>' command provides a return
value which names the full pathname (see <a href="Open.html#OpeningSimpleFiles">Opening Simple Files</a>).
<p>

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<h4>9.3.33.9: `<font color="#82140F"><code>read</code></font>' synonym/variable</h4>

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