# Run

#### Syntax

    RUN String

#### Description

Assumes that the value of the string is a valid file name, and redirects `ij` processing to read from that file until it ends or an Exit command is executed. If the end of the file is reached without `ij` exiting, reading will continue from the previous input source once the end of the file is reached. Files can contain Run commands.

`ij` prints out the statements in the file as it executes them.

Any changes made to the `ij` environment by the file are visible in the environment when processing resumes.

#### Example

    ij> run 'setupMenuConn.ij';
    ij> -- this is setupMenuConn.ij
    -- ij displays its contents as it processes file
    ij> connect 'jdbc:derby:menuDB';
    ij> autocommit off;
    ij> -- this is the end of setupMenuConn.ij
    -- there is now a connection to menuDB and no autocommit.
    -- input will now resume from the previous source.
    ;
    ij>

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