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Re: Locating IDL source code file [message #44414 is a reply to message #44411]

Tue, 14 June 2005 06:14

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Benjamin Hornberger
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Craig wrote:
> [copied over from comp.lang.idl - don't know how to properly cross-post
> it in retrospect using Google groups]
>

I believe comp.lang.idl is not about the Interactive Data Language, but
about some Interface Description Language.

>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to write some code that will read information (like version
> numbers and dates) from the source files for procedures and functions
> that it uses. In Matlab I would use a command like
>
>
>>> which fred
>
>
> to return the full path to the source file "fred.m". How do I get the
> same result from IDL v6.1? I've tried something like
>
> IDL> ttt = file_which('fred.pro', /include_current_dir)
>
> but just got a null string returned. This might be because I'm using
> the IDLDE, so the routine isn't actually on the search path !PATH, even
> though it has been compiled OK when building the project.
>
> Once this problem is solved, I'll also need to determine the filename
> for the source file containing a definition of 'fred', because most of
> the routines in this project don't have their own 'fred.pro' source
> file.
>
> Any ideas?
> TIA,
> Craig
>

This might help:

http://www.dfanning.com/programs/programrootdir.pro

Still, file_which should also work if the source file is in the IDL
path. And I think you should always have your source files in the path.

Benjamin

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		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: Craig[1] on Tue, 14 June 2005 07:59
		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: Craig[1] on Tue, 14 June 2005 07:57
		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: Craig[1] on Tue, 14 June 2005 07:56
		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: Benjamin Hornberger on Tue, 14 June 2005 06:14
		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: Antonio Santiago on Tue, 14 June 2005 05:41
		Re: Locating IDL source code file By: R.Bauer on Tue, 14 June 2005 05:25

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