Re: Possible FINDFILE bug

[Nigel Wade <nmw(at)ion.le.ac.uk>]

Bernard Puc wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>         It seems that the findfile() function has changed between version 5.2
> and 5.3.  In 5.2, findfile would return filenames that have a space in
> them.  Version 5.3 does not.  This is on a Linux system.  Can anybody
> verify this on other platforms?
> 
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It's the same for IRIX 6.5.

$ touch "a b c"

$ idl_5.2
IDL Version 5.2.1 (IRIX mipseb). (c) 1999, Research Systems, Inc.
IDL> a=findfile("a*",count=b)
IDL> print,a
a b c
IDL> print,b
           1

$ idl_5.3
IDL Version 5.3 (IRIX mipseb). (c) 1999, Research Systems, Inc.
IDL> a=findfile("a*",count=b)
IDL> print,a

IDL> print,b
           0


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