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findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error [message #85335]

Thu, 25 July 2013 17:44

b_gom
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Registered: April 2003

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I running IDL 8.2.3 on Win7 64bit. I have an older program that uses findfile() to recursively find a set of filenames with a wildcard. I realize findfile is obsolete, but it runs *much* faster than file_search. When the findfile returns more than ~5000 files, however, I get the following error:

found=file_search(uval.path+'*',count=count,/mark_dir)
% Array has a corrupted descriptor: FOUND.

Any ideas what is causing the error?
Assuming that this is a bug that will not be fixed, does anyone have a fast alternative to file_search?

Thanks

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		findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: b_gom on Thu, 25 July 2013 17:44
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: David Fanning on Thu, 25 July 2013 18:05
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: Phillip Bitzer on Fri, 26 July 2013 05:54
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: wlandsman on Fri, 26 July 2013 08:29
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: David Fanning on Fri, 26 July 2013 08:34
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: b_gom on Fri, 26 July 2013 10:34
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: b_gom on Fri, 26 July 2013 12:54
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: b_gom on Fri, 26 July 2013 16:51
		Re: findfile gives 'Array has a corrupted descriptor' error By: b_gom on Tue, 30 July 2013 10:16

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