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Re: File_Which What!? [message #33018 is a reply to message #32920]

Thu, 21 November 2002 00:27

R.Bauer
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David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Does anyone know how to get the File_Which command to work?
> The documentation is, uh, typical.
>
> I have a file somewhere on my IDL path. It's name is "fire.clt".
> I'm in a directory NOT on my path (my home directory), but I
> would like to know where this file is.
>
> The documentation says that the first positional parameter
> is the "path", and the second is the "file" you are searching
> for. Then it says, if the "path" is missing, then the IDL
> path is used instead. But, wait, if the first positional
> parameter is "missing", isn't the "file" the first positional
> parameter!? Here is a new trick!
>
> In any case, File_Which is coming back to me with a
> empty string. Not what I had in mind? :-(
>
> Anyone figure this out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

If I search by file_which for a .pro file it works.

Reimar

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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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