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Re: findfile on unix bug - help [message #27002 is a reply to message #26927]

Mon, 08 October 2001 22:54

Paul Manusiu
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Registered: October 2001

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"R.G.S." wrote:

> Paul Manusiu <phpvm@alinga.newcastle.edu.au> wrote in message
> news:3BC1B18B.B708E9C7@alinga.newcastle.edu.au...
>>> and this works ( of course, I shudder at the thought of using code that
>>> changes the current directory).
>>>
>>
>> Under Unix, CD does not affect the working directory of the process that
>> started IDL.
>
> I did not know that. If that is info that is kept by IDL, does it extend to
> the following question: If I have two IDL sessions running, they won't
> cross talk the current directory? That is my fear with this solution, that
> process1 would change directory to /data, then process2 would change
> it to /output, then process1 would try to read data files and fail.
> If this won't happen, then the cd,subdirectory kludge isn't so bad.
>

Well if you run the first IDL session with the & option under unix than the
second IDL session should run under a different shell. The shells would not know
what the other is doing so there should be no problems. Although I could be
wrong !

Cheers
Paul M.

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		findfile on unix bug - help By: R.G.S. on Thu, 04 October 2001 12:43
		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: Paul Manusiu on Mon, 08 October 2001 22:54
		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: R.G.S. on Mon, 08 October 2001 07:35
		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: Paul Manusiu on Mon, 08 October 2001 07:00
		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: R.G.S. on Thu, 04 October 2001 14:48
		Re: findfile on unix bug - help By: thompson on Thu, 04 October 2001 14:32

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