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Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? [message #2311]

Thu, 09 June 1994 08:36

dnguyen
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Registered: May 1994

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In article <1994Jun8.120922@ossenu.astro.nwu.edu>, pendleton@ossenu.astro.nwu.edu (Jim Pendleton) says:
>
> Could someone verify the following Unix IDL "bug" for me in a more recent
> version of IDL than 3.0.0?
>
> The problem I am seeing is that the FINDFILE function doesn't properly
> interpret a "~" as a symbol for the home directory.
.....

> produces output as I would expect. Note that the use of a "." for current
> directory rather than a "~" does work properly.

To bypass this "bug", I use $HOME to represent my home directory.
For example:

IDL> PRINT,FINDFILE("$HOME | grep filename")

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		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: dnguyen on Thu, 09 June 1994 08:36
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: knipp on Thu, 09 June 1994 03:42
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: robijn on Thu, 09 June 1994 06:54
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: thompson on Thu, 09 June 1994 06:04
		Re: Problem with "~" in Unix FINDFILE, still? By: knipp on Thu, 09 June 1994 03:18

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