asterisk users - Jun 2010 - read data from file system and put in a variable

I am looking at http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+System

I dont see how to execute a system command and set an asterisk variable 
to the string that is
in my file /tmp/my_data.

How is that done?

Jerry

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am looking at http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+System
>
> I dont see how to execute a system command and set an asterisk variable 
> to the string that is in my file /tmp/my_data.
Read up on the application readfile().

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>
> Read up on the application readfile().
Steve,

on my 1.4 system "help readfile" says no such command.

searching a little more shows readfile as an AGI command.
Is this what your refering to? 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Long+Distance+or+Local+Python+AGI

jerry