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Re: File_Which What!? [message #33010 is a reply to message #32920]

Thu, 21 November 2002 09:39

R.G. Stockwell
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Registered: July 1999

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David Fanning wrote:

> Humm, well, further tests this morning show that the file
> can be found if the directory containing it
> is *explicitly* on the path. That is, the directory
> is named specifically in File->Preferences->Path.
> If the directory containing the file is implicitly
> on the path (I.e., I have selected a check box for
> the parent directory in File->Preferences->Path)
> then the file can't be found.
>
> Bummer. :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

works ok here (idl 5.5a, redhat linux), and I do not have the path set explicitly.

IDL> print,file_which('file.clt')
/home/stockwel/idllib/boblib/cora/qscat/interpolation/3d/dev el/file.clt

I do notice though that is only finds one instance of the file, apparently the
first one it finds in the path.

Are you in idl 5.6? (ms-win?)

Cheers,
bob stockwell

PS I "agree" with the first position optional argument for this function.
It is natural to use this order (path,file) when calling it, and
path is indeed optional, in that I'd almost always use it without setting path.

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		File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Wed, 20 November 2002 20:28
		Re: File_Which What!? By: rigby on Fri, 22 November 2002 11:16
		Re: File_Which What!? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Fri, 22 November 2002 07:54
		Re: File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Fri, 22 November 2002 07:33
		Re: File_Which What!? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Fri, 22 November 2002 06:41
		Re: File_Which What!? By: JD Smith on Mon, 25 November 2002 14:00
		Re: File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Thu, 21 November 2002 20:00
		Re: File_Which What!? By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 21 November 2002 19:21
		Re: File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Thu, 21 November 2002 09:46
		Re: File_Which What!? By: R.G. Stockwell on Thu, 21 November 2002 09:39
		Re: File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Thu, 21 November 2002 06:04
		Re: File_Which What!? By: Nigel Wade on Thu, 21 November 2002 03:56
		Re: File_Which What!? By: R.Bauer on Thu, 21 November 2002 00:27
		Re: File_Which What!? By: David Fanning on Mon, 25 November 2002 14:40

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