# LibTmux::Server#source_file

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Ruby
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ruby/blob/da7b6191b9439e3c84fa1c9eeaa9168263ee7af4/gems/libtmux/lib/libtmux/operations.rb#L42
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ruby/v0.1.1/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/

```
def source_file: (
  ::String,
  ?timeout: ::Numeric,
  ?cancel: untyped
) -> ::LibTmux::CommandResult
```

Behavior: Source files.

Behavior contract: Source files.

## Parameters

- `arg1` (`::String`)
- `timeout` (`::Numeric`)
- `cancel` (`untyped`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `source_file`.

- [`source-file`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/source-file/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_source_file_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_source_file_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_source_file_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-source-file-c-cmd_source_file_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Load a tmux configuration file

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.source_file`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/) (method) |
| TypeScript | [`server.Server.sourceFile`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-sourcefile/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.source_file`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-source_file/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.SourceFile`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-sourcefile/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Server.sourceFile`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-sourcefile/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Server.SourceFileAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-sourcefileasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Server::source_file`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-source_file/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.sourceFile(_:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-sourcefile(_-)/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.