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help with windows directory command from within idl
I am running IDL on an NT. I use the CD command to change directories from within IDL. Staying inside IDL, I now want to list which files are in this remote directory. The IDL command IDL> SPAWN,'DIR' Opens up a DOS window but then closes it immediatly. How can I get IDL to keep the DOS window open so I can look at the files? Is there a way other than SPAWN to list the files in the new directory? thanks-Peter Brooker