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Coping with DOS filenames [message #7005]

Mon, 16 September 1996 00:00

Fred Knight
Messages: 6
Registered: May 1996

Junior Member

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
...

but, a shorter name works:

IDL> myplot,x,y ; pro with <9 characters
Compiled Module: MYPLOT.
...

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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		Coping with DOS filenames By: Fred Knight on Mon, 16 September 1996 00:00
		RE: Coping with DOS filenames By: mallozzi on Tue, 24 September 1996 00:00
		Re: Coping with DOS filenames By: pit on Tue, 24 September 1996 00:00
		RE: Coping with DOS filenames By: mallozzi on Wed, 18 September 1996 00:00

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