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Re: System command with SPAWN procedure [message #33326]

Thu, 19 December 2002 07:28

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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"Isa Usman" <eepisu@bath.ac.uk> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to make SPAWN close the shell window after executing a system
> command such as 'del' (from help it says /noshell only works for programs).
>
> I've got a procedure which checks for temporary files that I have created
> and periodically deletes them. It starts to get annoying after awhile
> everytime it runs you have to close the window manually

I don't know the answer to your original question, but why not use
FILE_DELETE (IDL distribution), or DEL_FILE (ICG library), neither of
which use the SPAWN command?

Good luck,
Craig

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