def viewrwdschedulesconfiguration 
    require 'fileutils'
    begin # exception trapped block
    
     Dir.chdir($progdir)
     rwdschedulesconfigurationfile = File.join( "configuration", "rwdschedule.cnf" )
     if  File.exist?(rwdschedulesconfigurationfile)
       fd = File.open(rwdschedulesconfigurationfile,"r")
       @rwdschedulesconfigurationtext = " "
       while ! fd.eof?
	        @rwdschedulesconfigurationtext = fd.read
       end
       fd.close
     else
	@rwdschedulesconfigurationtext  = "File error"
     end
    rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
     $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
     @rwdschedulesconfigurationtext = "File error"
    end # exception rescue
  end