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Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command [message #90960 is a reply to message #90959]

Tue, 19 May 2015 02:20

Kai Heckel
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Registered: April 2015

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Am Dienstag, 19. Mai 2015 11:03:31 UTC+2 schrieb Helder:
> On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 10:52:09 AM UTC+2, Kai Heckel wrote:
>> Hey there!
>>
>> I'd like to create an empty dummy.jpeg using a Linux command.
>>
>> What I have is something like this:
>>
>> jpg_test = FILE_TEST(name+'*.jpg')
>> IF jpg_test EQ 0 then begin
>> spawn, 'touch '+file_dirs+'dummy.jpg'
>> ENDIF
>>
>> -> "name" = predefined file name
>> -> "file_dirs" = list of file diretories in which the dummy.jpeg should be copied in.
>>
>> The command seems right to me but the jpeg does not appear during the process...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks
>
> Well, the command is right, meaning that if I type in a terminal
> touch dummy.jpg
> I do get the file. Therefore you must have made an error in the directory (file_dirs) and your looking for the file in the wrong place.
> Why not just put a
> print, file_dirs+'dummy.jpg'
> after the spawn command.
>
> My guess: you forgot a forward slash after file_dirs, so that you're actually doing:
> touch /home/thisisme/myoutputdummy.jpg
> instead of
> touch /home/thisisme/myoutput/dummy.jpg
>
> I hope it helps.
> Helder

I forgot to mention that I want to do this in IDL.

What file_dirs look like is this --> F:\...\....\name\

So it should put the jpeg below the "name" folder but it doens't

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[Message index]

		Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Kai Heckel on Tue, 19 May 2015 01:52
		Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Helder Marchetto on Tue, 19 May 2015 02:03
		Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Kai Heckel on Tue, 19 May 2015 02:20
		Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Helder Marchetto on Tue, 19 May 2015 02:29
		Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Matthew Argall on Tue, 19 May 2015 05:52
		Re: Creaty dummy.jpeg with Linux command By: Kai Heckel on Tue, 19 May 2015 23:46

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