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Re: help with windows directory command from within idl [message #18574 is a reply to message #18561]

Wed, 12 January 2000 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Peter Brooker (ra5589@email.sps.mot.com) writes:

> I am running IDL on an NT. I use the CD command to change directories
> from within IDL. Staying inside IDL, I now want to list which files are
> in this remote directory. The IDL command
>
> IDL> SPAWN,'DIR'
>
> Opens up a DOS window but then closes it immediatly.
>
> How can I get IDL to keep the DOS window open so I can look at the
> files?
>
> Is there a way other than SPAWN to list the files in the new directory?

I use Paul Sorenson's fabulous little tool, XCD. I personally
couldn't live without it. :-)

http://www.dfanning.com/documents/programs.html

Cheers,

David

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