Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Joe Fitzgerald wrote: > > I'm using IDL 5.02 with HPUX 10.20. No matter how I call findfile() I > get no return list. Trying findfile() from a networked Sun Sparc using > IDL 5.0 and the same IDL path, gives the correct behavior. > > Has anyone else noticed this behavior on HPUX? Are you able to do a SPAWN command, e.g., SPAWN,"ls *.pro", and does it process e.g., wildcards correctly? I think findfile actually uses the shell to do wildcard expansion (and this is causing a problem with *looong* file lists). So: there might be a problem with IDL locating/executing the shell, or something like that..? Just a wild guess. Regards, Stein Vidar