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Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? [message #2318 is a reply to message #2314]

Thu, 09 June 1994 06:54

robijn
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Registered: June 1994

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In article <1994Jun8.120922@ossenu.astro.nwu.edu>,
Jim Pendleton <pendleton@ossenu.astro.nwu.edu> wrote:
> Could someone verify the following Unix IDL "bug" for me in a more recent
> version of IDL than 3.0.0?
>
> The problem I am seeing is that the FINDFILE function doesn't properly
> interpret a "~" as a symbol for the home directory.
>
It is not a bug - the documentation for IDL 3.5 clearly states that the
Bourne shell (/bin/sh) is used. "~" is a csh feature and can't be used.
Use '$HOME' instead.

Frank
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		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: dnguyen on Thu, 09 June 1994 08:36
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: knipp on Thu, 09 June 1994 03:42
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: robijn on Thu, 09 June 1994 06:54
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: thompson on Thu, 09 June 1994 06:04
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: knipp on Thu, 09 June 1994 03:18

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