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Re: File units (de)allocation in IDL - what is the proper way? [message #93462 is a reply to message #93459]

Fri, 22 July 2016 03:43

Markus Schmassmann
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Registered: April 2016

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On 07/22/2016 11:05 AM, Dave wrote:
> when opening files to write outputs I usually do:
>
> OPENW, unit1, 'file1.txt', /GET_LUN
> OPENW, unit2, 'file2.txt', /GET_LUN
> ...
> CLOSE, unit1
> CLOSE, unit2
>
> FREE_LUN, unit1
> FREE_LUN, unit2
>
> However, it seems that closing *and freeing* can be equally achieved with:
>
> CLOSE, unit1, unit2, /ALL
>
> Is this correct? Is there a best practice?

not correct, CLOSEing a unit doesn't free it's lun, meaning the file is
closed but the lun number is blocked and cannot be allocated for opening
another process.
However, FREE_LUN implies closing a file if it is not already closed.

For the rest, Herders remarks apply - except that FREE_LUN doesn't have
an /ALL keyword.

So, FREE_LUN, unit1, unit2 would be correct, using separate lines is
only necessary if you need to retrieve the EXIT_STATUS.

Markus Schmassmann

https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/docs/understanding__luns_.h tml
https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/docs/FREE_LUN.html

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		File units (de)allocation in IDL - what is the proper way? By: DAVIDE LENA on Fri, 22 July 2016 02:05
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		Re: File units (de)allocation in IDL - what is the proper way? By: Markus Schmassmann on Fri, 22 July 2016 03:43

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