| Coping with DOS filenames [message #7005] |
Mon, 16 September 1996 00:00  |
Fred Knight
Messages: 6
Registered: May 1996
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No doubt this question has been discussed previously, but I couldn't
find it mentioned on the FAQ, and I didn't find a routine in Landsman's
IDL AStronomy LIbrary to answer it.
Here's the problem. I just changed to IDL on a PC and am trying to cope
with 8-character filenames. The main problem is IDL not compiling
procedures and functions whose names exceed 8 characters. How have
people coped with this? Is there a general scheme people are using?
The IDL Installation Guide only alludes to this problem as something you
need to be careful of. Here's an example:
IDL> multiplot,x,y ; pro with 9 characters in its name.
% Attempt to call undefined procedure/function: multiplot
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but, a shorter name works:
IDL> myplot,x,y ; pro with <9 characters
Compiled Module: MYPLOT.
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In summary, the question might be phrased: Is thre a general scheme to
change long (>8 chars) IDL module names for use under DOS so that they
can be compiled?
Thanks for advice,
Fred
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Fred Knight, Assistant Group Leader
knight@ll.mit.edu | 617 981 1053 | fax: 617 981 5359
C-490 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 244 Wood Street | Lexington, MA 02173
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| RE: Coping with DOS filenames [message #7056 is a reply to message #7005] |
Tue, 24 September 1996 00:00  |
mallozzi
Messages: 60
Registered: August 1994
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>> RSI has assured me that the long filenames will be properly supported
>> by IDL in the forthcoming version 5...
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>> -bob
> Of course you could also get the Linux Version and have a
> full-featured Unix-Version on a PC.
Unfortunately the linux IDL v4.0 is not full featured. CALL_EXTERNAL
is not yet supported. Once again, RSI has assured me that it
will be available in v5.
-bob
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