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Re: path to .sav file [message #50911 is a reply to message #50909]

Mon, 23 October 2006 13:22

JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:27:46 -0600, David Fanning wrote:

> David Fanning writes:
>
>> Indeed. As either of those two programs would prove to you. :-)
>
> Some people just insist on using one well-named program
> when 8-10 lines of code would do just fine. As Coyote
> says, "It's a damn commie plot!"

Looks like 1 line to me ;). I use a modification of this method: create a
little batch file (e.g. project_directory.pro) with something like:

common my_project_dir, proj_dir
if n_elements(proj_dir) eq 0 then begin
resolve_routine,'myproj',/NO_RECOMPILE
proj_dir=(routine_info('myproj',/SOURCE)).PATH
ps=path_sep()
if strmid(proj_dir, 0,1) ne ps then $ ;relative filename
proj_dir=file_expand_path(proj_dir)
endif

Then in any routine where you need to know the project directory, just

@project_dir

at the top. More real world examples would locate the interesting
relative paths within the distribution. You can use anything for
'myproj', just pick a routine which is in a known useful location. This
works for source, compiled SAV's, anything. For maximum usefulness, have
the relative location of the routine (in source distributions) and the
.sav file (in binary distributions) the same.

JD

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		Re: path to .sav file By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 October 2006 14:21
		Re: path to .sav file By: JD Smith on Mon, 23 October 2006 13:22
		Re: path to .sav file By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 October 2006 09:27
		Re: path to .sav file By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 October 2006 09:22
		Re: path to .sav file By: Douglas G. Dirks on Mon, 23 October 2006 09:06
		Re: path to .sav file By: btt on Mon, 23 October 2006 06:57
		Re: path to .sav file By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 October 2006 06:41
		Re: path to .sav file By: greg michael on Mon, 23 October 2006 06:06
		Re: path to .sav file By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 October 2006 05:50
		Re: path to .sav file By: btt on Mon, 23 October 2006 05:39
		Re: path to .sav file By: greg michael on Mon, 23 October 2006 05:30
		Re: path to .sav file By: Allan Whiteford on Mon, 23 October 2006 03:55

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