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After downloading the Windows version of the GAP system, I want to ask if GAP can read the file in specified path in Windows? What is the command to load a GAP script in the Windows environment?

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The command is called Read (enter ?Read in GAP to see the documentation). The trick on Windows is to replace \ by /. For example one should call

gap> Read("C:/Users/myname/gap/program.g");

to read a file that Windows would call

C:\Users\myname\gap\program.g

Also, I'd recommend to avoid paths containing spaces.

P.S. If you prefer to ask questions about GAP in StackExchange framework, I'd recommend to try to ask them at the Mathematics Q&A site.

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    Another caveat under Windows is about creating a text file with an editor which automatically adds ".txt" extension to the file name, when Windows Explorer hides extensions for standard file types. Then `program.g` may be actually `program.g.txt`, but that wouldn't be obvious. – Olexandr Konovalov Jul 28 '13 at 19:41