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Re: FILE_DIRNAME question [message #45605 is a reply to message #45602]

Mon, 19 September 2005 16:44

Kenneth P. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article <pan.2005.09.19.21.24.55.124175@as.arizona.edu>,
JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> wrote:

> 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

Ah well, I have never have been able to make sense of the documentation
for most of the FILE_ routines. I thought FILEPATH was obsolescent,
like FINDFILE. I guess it was the consistent procedure naming
convention that threw me. ;-)

So, how does everyone assemble a platform-independent path from an array
of directory names?

Ken

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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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