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spedas/gui/utilities/

get_intro_dir.pro


Routines

top source get_intro_dir

result = get_intro_dir()

Call this function to return the absolute file path to the introduction directory (used to store files for the Introduction to IDL class) on your computer.

This routine replaces SET_TRAINING_DIRECTORY, which is now obsolete.

Return value

The path to the directory where the course files reside.

Examples

 IDL> dir = get_intro_dir()
 IDL> print, filepath('hello.pro', root=dir)
 /home/mpiper/IDL/introduction/hello.pro
 

Author information

Author:

Mark Piper, RSI, 2005

Other attributes

Requires:

IDL 5.2

Uses:

SOURCEROOT, or, SOURCEPATH

Pre-condition:

This file must reside in the same directory as the course files.

File attributes

Modification date: Thu Feb 13 16:41:47 2014
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