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Re: Shell startup file not recognized in IDL 8.0 Workbench [message #76972] Wed, 20 July 2011 09:22
Brian Daniel is currently offline  Brian Daniel
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> setenv, "PATH=blah/blah/blah:$PATH"

Thanks for the prompt reply. Would you (or ITT) mind clarifying why
8.0 does not look at .bashrc when all versions in the past have? I've
personally never needed an IDL startup file.
Re: Shell startup file not recognized in IDL 8.0 Workbench [message #76973 is a reply to message #76972] Wed, 20 July 2011 08:45 Go to previous message
Gray is currently offline  Gray
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On Jul 20, 11:33 am, Brian <Daniels...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm upgrading from 7.1 to 8.0, and most things are going smoothly
> until I test Coyote Graphic's integration with ImageMagick.  IDL 7.1
> Workbench recognized my .bashrc file (where I define $PATH) when I use
> Spawn or $ to talk to the shell, but IDL 8.0 does not.  This is a
> similar issue to the post below, but a wee bit different.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.idl-pvwave/browse_t hread/thr...
>
> I can print '$ echo $SHELL' and get the same answer from both 7.1 and
> 8.0.  The $PATH variable is much different, which is why the shell
> call can't find ImageMagick or any of my other UNIX packages.  In
> short, how do I get IDL 8.0 Workbench to use my .bashrc file when
> starting the bash shell?
>
> Similarly to the post above, when I start IDL 8.0 from the command
> line, the .bashrc is used and everything is golden.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -Brian Daniel

setenv, "PATH=blah/blah/blah:$PATH"
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