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Re: Path Problems Redux [message #59588 is a reply to message #59532]

Wed, 02 April 2008 10:12

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> So, I created an IDL startup file with this in it:
>
> !PATH = 'G:\IDL\Coyote;' + $
> 'G:\IDL\CoyotePlus;' + $
> 'G:\IDL\Utilities;' + $
> Expand_Path('+G:\IDL\JHUAPL') + Path_Sep(/SEARCH_PATH) + $
> Expand_Path('+G:\IDL\Astronomy') + Path_Sep(/SEARCH_PATH) + $
> !PATH
>
> IDL starts up, the file executes (I know because there is also
> a print statement in there), and all is well. Except that my
> !PATH doesn't have *ANY* of these directories on it.

I've discovered this morning, that this way of setting
the PATH *does* work on LINUX machines running the IDL
Workbench. So, to reiterate, it does NOT work on Windows
but it DOES work on LINUX.

Still, this method is old school. Better to do it the new
way with Pref_Set, or from within the IDL Workbench IDL->Paths
preferences. Otherwise you will end up, as I have, with the
same directories on your path multiple times.

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Path Problems Redux By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 01 April 2008 11:23
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 01 April 2008 11:20
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: C.E. Ordonez on Tue, 01 April 2008 10:53
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 April 2008 10:29
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 01 April 2008 10:13
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 01 April 2008 09:30
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 April 2008 09:27
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: C.E. Ordonez on Tue, 01 April 2008 09:19
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 April 2008 09:13
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 April 2008 09:01
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 April 2008 08:43
		Re: Path Problems Redux By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 April 2008 10:12

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