def playrubyscript
  
    
    nametext = "%s" % [@a_rubyscriptcmd]
	 
      begin # exception trapped block
      
         fileName = $shellscript_directory + "/" + nametext + ".rb"
        
	    
	       rubyfile_contents = File.read( fileName)
     temp  = eval( rubyfile_contents)
	      
      
	      
	      
        

        
        rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
            $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
        end # exception rescue
  end