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SPAWNing IDL from IDL under UNIX [message #20157]

Thu, 18 May 2000 00:00

D. Mattes
Messages: 14
Registered: May 1999

Junior Member

hello IDL gurus: here's a fun self-referential problem that i REALLY need
solved. i have a lengthy minimization process coded using IDL. what i
would like is to allow the user to use my widgets to set minimization
parameters, etc. and then spawn idl as a UNIX process which runs the
minimization.

so i would use spawn to set the idl startup file:
spawn,'setenv IDL_STARTUP my_min_proc'

then, i would like to spawn idl as a unix process, using the unix 'at'
command:
spawn,'at now; idl; ^D'

the preceeding command starts idl using the specified startup file, but it
runs in the current terminal shell. if i exit the shell, i lose the
process.

any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated!

thanks,
david mattes

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		SPAWNing IDL from IDL under UNIX By: D. Mattes on Thu, 18 May 2000 00:00
		Re: SPAWNing IDL from IDL under UNIX By: pit on Tue, 23 May 2000 00:00
		Re: SPAWNing IDL from IDL under UNIX By: John-David T. Smith on Mon, 22 May 2000 00:00

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