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Re: Findfile finds no files [message #29978 is a reply to message #29975]

Tue, 02 April 2002 19:28

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Pete Riley (uk2@mac.com) writes:

> I just came across a weird problem I'm not sure if it's been talked about
> before. I'm using IDL 5.5 on linux RH 7.2. I ran some code which calls
> findfile() last week and everything worked out fine. Today, it returns no
> files, even with
>
> Print,findfile('*')
>
> Yet $ls shows all the files in the current directory.
>
> Has anyone come across this?

Are you sure you have IDL in the directory you *think*
you have it in when you issue the FINDFILE command?

That is the only reason I can think of why it would
work one day and not the next, .... unless. You don't
happen to have a wooden cross and a handful of
garlic handy, do you? You may need it... :-(

Cheers,

David
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