def viewgemdata 
    require 'fileutils'
    nametext = "%s" % [@a_viewgemdata]
	
    fileName = $gemspecificationsdirectory + "/" + nametext + ".gemspec"
   print fileName
   begin  # begin rescue block       
	  fd = File.open(fileName,"r")
    @viewgemdatadisplay = " "
   	while ! fd.eof?
	    @viewgemdatadisplay = fd.read
	  end
	  fd.close
    rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
            $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
        end # exception rescue

  end