| Re: Cross-platform PWD [message #11898] |
Wed, 03 June 1998 00:00 |
Andy Loughe
Messages: 174
Registered: November 1995
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>> IDL> cd, current=thedir
>> IDL> print, thedir
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>> Cathy Campo
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>> Congratulations, Cathy!
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> Now hold on a minute. Cathy got that out of my book! :-)
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> David
David,
I guess I need to read your book more carefully! ;-)
Heretofore all my development has been on a Unix box,
so I am now beginning to learn to write code that can
run on multiple platforms. A new and fun challenge!
I have written some useful widget tools for the folks
here at NOAA-CIRES/CDC, and chapters 10-12 of your book
have been *very* helpful.
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Andrew F. Loughe |
afl@cdc.noaa.gov
University of Colorado, CIRES Box 449 |
http://cdc.noaa.gov/~afl
Boulder, CO 80309-0449 | phn:(303)492-0707
fax:(303)497-7013
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
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sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use."
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| Re: Cross-platform PWD [message #11906 is a reply to message #11898] |
Tue, 02 June 1998 00:00  |
David Foster
Messages: 341
Registered: January 1996
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Andy Loughe wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> Be the first to email me the answer to this question...
> it took me over 30 minutes to figure it out... and I will
> post your name as "IDL GENTLEMAN/LADY OF THE DAY".
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> What is the simplest "cross-platform" method for
> obtaining the present working directory?
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> P.S. It is not... spawn, 'pwd', pwd & print, pwd
> but the syntax is very close to this.
Prepare yourself, this is pretty profound:
cd, current=curdir
The Online help implies that this works across platforms (or at least
doesn't say it doesn't).
Dave
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| Re: Cross-platform PWD [message #11908 is a reply to message #11906] |
Tue, 02 June 1998 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Andy Loughe (afl@cdc.noaa.gov) writes:
> The IDL GENTLELADY OF THE DAY is...
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> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
> To: afl@cdc.noaa.gov
> Subject: cross platform pwd
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> andy asked:
> what is the simplest "cross-platform" method for
> obtainng the present working directory?
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> my answer:
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> IDL> cd, current=thedir
> IDL> print, thedir
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> Cathy Campo
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> Congratulations, Cathy!
Now hold on a minute. Cathy got that out of my book! :-)
David
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Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: Cross-platform PWD [message #11909 is a reply to message #11906] |
Tue, 02 June 1998 00:00 |
Andy Loughe
Messages: 174
Registered: November 1995
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The IDL GENTLELADY OF THE DAY is...
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
To: afl@cdc.noaa.gov
Subject: cross platform pwd
andy asked:
what is the simplest "cross-platform" method for
obtainng the present working directory?
my answer:
IDL> cd, current=thedir
IDL> print, thedir
Cathy Campo
Congratulations, Cathy!
--
Andrew F. Loughe |
afl@cdc.noaa.gov
University of Colorado, CIRES Box 449 |
http://cdc.noaa.gov/~afl
Boulder, CO 80309-0449 | phn:(303)492-0707
fax:(303)497-7013
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with
sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use."
-Galileo
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