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Re: FILE_DIRNAME question [message #45602 is a reply to message #45601]

Mon, 19 September 2005 14:24

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:43:02 -0500, Kenneth Bowman wrote:

> Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong here?
>
> IDL> print, FILE_DIRNAME(['top', 'middle'], /MARK)
> ./ ./
> IDL> print, FILE_DIRNAME('/top/middle/', /MARK)
> /top/

Ummm, nothing? The first one has two relative file names, so their
directory is the current directory, aka ".", or "./" when you are
using /MARK. Maybe you meant:

IDL> print, filepath(ROOT='top','middle')
top/middle

JD

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		Re: FILE_DIRNAME question By: David Fanning on Mon, 19 September 2005 17:21
		Re: FILE_DIRNAME question By: JD Smith on Mon, 19 September 2005 14:24
		Re: FILE_DIRNAME question By: btt on Mon, 19 September 2005 13:38
		Re: FILE_DIRNAME question By: David Fanning on Mon, 19 September 2005 13:08
		Re: FILE_DIRNAME question By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Mon, 19 September 2005 16:44

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