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Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE [message #1778 is a reply to message #1772]

Sun, 30 January 1994 17:36

sterne
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Registered: March 1992

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>>>> > "mark" == mark rivers <rivers@bnlux1.bnl.gov> writes:

mark> Is there a way to find out from within a procedure whether one is
mark> running PV-WAVE or IDL? I need to call LINKNLOAD if I am running
mark> PV-WAVE or CALL_EXTERNAL if I am running IDL. The !version system
mark> variable doesn't seem to have this information.

How about looking at the variable !PROMPT ?

In Wave, it is "WAVE> ", and in IDL I think it is "IDL> ". This
variable can be overridden by the user, but as long as you stick with
the defaults, this would appear to be a way of telling them apart.

Phil
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		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: thompson on Mon, 31 January 1994 07:19
		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: knipp on Mon, 31 January 1994 08:11
		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: landers on Mon, 31 January 1994 15:21
		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: offenbrg on Mon, 31 January 1994 08:00
		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: sterne on Sun, 30 January 1994 17:36
		Re: How to tell if I'm running IDL or PV-WAVE By: ft on Sat, 29 January 1994 14:24

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