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Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 [message #31039]

Wed, 05 June 2002 00:36

Wolfgang.Dobler
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Registered: April 2002

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Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:

>> Has anybody encountered this one before:
>>
>> idl> cd, '../../..'
>>
>> only moves one directory up under IDL 5.5 (5.4 was OK).
>
> you can use file_expand_path('../../../idl')
>
>
> The FILE_EXPAND_PATH function expands a given file or partial directory
> name to its fully qualified name regardless of the current working
> directory.

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed!

I first tried EXPAND_PATH, but that one just confirms the bug:

idl> print, expand_path('../../../idl')
../idl

W o l f g a n g

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		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: Wolfgang.Dobler on Wed, 05 June 2002 00:36
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: R.Bauer on Tue, 04 June 2002 13:34
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: Dick Jackson on Tue, 04 June 2002 10:16
		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: R.Bauer on Mon, 03 June 2002 14:11
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		Re: cd bug in IDL 5.5 By: G Karas on Sat, 15 June 2002 18:23

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