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Re: IDL !path command under Digital Unix [message #12037]

Mon, 15 June 1998 00:00

steinhh
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Registered: June 1994

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Paul Morris wrote:

> The subdirectory /home/ATSRPW$DKB300:[TEST] contains all the ported
> VMS idl. However when I try and run the code in IDL all I get is
>
> idl> .run vms_port.pro
> % Can't open file for input: vms_port.pro
> No such file or directory
>
> This is strange as !path picks up /home/ATSRPW$DKB300:[TEST]
> correctly. It obviously has something to do with $ and [] symbols in
> the directory name, but these are handled without problem by the
> (bash) shell on which IDL is running.

I'd just like to point out that the directory name in question
contains a colon. Since a colon is the separator character for
multiple IDL paths, the thing is split in two:

"/home/ATSRPW$DKB300" plus "[TEST]"

Stein Vidar

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