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Re: findfile [message #15599 is a reply to message #9440]

Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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R.Bauer (R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de) writes:

> I got in trouble by findfile on a unix sytem
>
> while Windows IDL returns by findfile('C:\*.*') all files
> unix (aix) IDL did not give a result if more than 3500 files in a
> directory.
> findfile('/tmp/*.*') is ''
>
> If I use findfile('/tmp') I got all files.
>
> Unfortunately I have momentanly on the unix only idl5.1

I thought Bill Thompson had a fix for this problem. Can't
seem to find the reference, however, in the places I usually
save this kind of information (I.e, my web page). I'd check
DejaNews for William Thompson articles. :-)

Cheers,

David
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		FINDFILE By: J.D. Smith on Mon, 07 July 1997 00:00
		Re: findfile By: thompson on Sun, 30 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: David Foster on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: gurman on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: davidf on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: Thomas A. McGlynn on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: Martin Schultz on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: R.Bauer on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
		Re: findfile By: luthi on Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00

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