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Re: Running IDL from the OS command line [message #40820 is a reply to message #40813]

Thu, 02 September 2004 13:14

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Craig Markwardt wrote:
> Paul Van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is probably an easy question, but I couldn't find any information in hte IDL manuals
>> (mostly because I wasn't sure what the correct terminology was).
>>
>> Can you run regular old IDL .pro functions from the OS prompt?
>
>
> Paul, you can run an IDL command *script* from the unix command line.
>
> By "command script" I mean anything that you can load with
> @filename.pro from the command prompt. Just like the real command
> line, you can't use complex multi-line syntax, but you can call
> procedures that do.
>
> You invoke it as
> idl filename.pro
>
> Be sure to put any EXIT commands or whatever else you need to quit
> out. You don't need an END command since this is a command script.

Ahh, cool. I knew it was something simple, I just couldn't find the info in the IDL docs.

I just tested it out in my makefile - beyooteeful. Instant Fortran95 HTML documentation.
Lordy!

Thanks!

paulv

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