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Re: Possible FINDFILE bug [message #19284 is a reply to message #19279]

Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00

Nigel Wade
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Registered: March 1998

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Bernard Puc wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It seems that the findfile() function has changed between version 5.2
> and 5.3. In 5.2, findfile would return filenames that have a space in
> them. Version 5.3 does not. This is on a Linux system. Can anybody
> verify this on other platforms?
>
> --
> Bernard Puc AETC, INC.
> bpuc@va.aetc.com 1225 Jefferson Davis Highway #800
> (703) 413-0500 Arlington, VA 22202

It's the same for IRIX 6.5.

$ touch "a b c"

$ idl_5.2
IDL Version 5.2.1 (IRIX mipseb). (c) 1999, Research Systems, Inc.
IDL> a=findfile("a*",count=b)
IDL> print,a
a b c
IDL> print,b
1

$ idl_5.3
IDL Version 5.3 (IRIX mipseb). (c) 1999, Research Systems, Inc.
IDL> a=findfile("a*",count=b)
IDL> print,a

IDL> print,b
0

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