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Re: using Cygwin bzip2 function into IDL 7.1 (windows environment) [message #81154]

Fri, 24 August 2012 13:35

wlandsman
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I've not used CYGWIN, but I assume the notes below apply to any Unix system.

If you just want to compress or decompress a file then call bzip2 with the SPAWN command.

If you want to directly read a .bz2 file, then use the UNIT keyword when calling bzip2 with SPAWN to open a pipe. (My FITS readers will do this when encountering a file with a .bz2 extension.) --Wayne

On Friday, August 24, 2012 11:08:52 AM UTC-4, negri wrote:
> I instaled the Cygwin package in my PC (windows XP).
>
> Now, I would like to use the bzip2 function with IDL (7.1) (inside my
>
> IDL routine). Is it possible (how?) ?
>
> Thanks

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