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Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? [message #91561 is a reply to message #91550]

Wed, 29 July 2015 13:49

Doug Edmundson
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On 7/29/15 3:33 AM, deepeyes.ym@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm really confused about all the parameters inside of IDL.
> I have called "spawn" by using
>
> IDL> spawn, 'gv m4_r_600_test_flag0_individual_outliers.eps'
> bash: gv: command not found
>
> Then,
>
> IDL> PRINT,GETENV("PATH")
> /Applications/itt/idl71//bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
>
> BUT, I don't know where this "PATH" comes from!!!!
>
> It's different from the "!PATH" inside of IDL, different from the "$PATH"
in the .bash_profile, so where IDL get this parameter and how could I change
this one????
>
> any comments will be appreciated!
>

Hi deepeyes,

I'll guess that in your case it's using .bashrc to set the environment.
It will not be using IDL's environment since a new "bash" shell is
being created. So, try updating PATH in .bashrc.

Cheers,
Doug

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		Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: deepeyes.ym on Wed, 29 July 2015 02:33
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: Heinz Stege on Wed, 29 July 2015 03:03
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: deepeyes.ym on Thu, 30 July 2015 02:07
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: Heinz Stege on Thu, 30 July 2015 09:46
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: Doug Edmundson on Wed, 29 July 2015 13:49
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: deepeyes.ym on Thu, 30 July 2015 02:09
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: zacharyanorman on Thu, 30 July 2015 11:42
		Re: Which "PATH" did IDL use??? By: deepeyes.ym on Thu, 30 July 2015 12:24

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