DIRPATH Name
DIRPATH Purpose
The purpose of this function is to return a device-independent
name of a directory. It is similar to the IDL-supplied FILEPATH
routine, except that a file name is not required.
Author
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Category
Utility.
Calling Sequence
IDL> theDirectory = DIRPATH('examples')
IDL> Print, theDirectory
C:\IDL\IDL56\examples Inputs
subDirectory: This is a string argument containing the name of the
sub-directory you wish to use. It can be a string
array of sub-directory names. By default, the subDirectory
is set to ['examples', 'data']. To only return the Root_Directory,
set the subDirectory to a null string ("").
Keywords
ROOT_DIRECTORY: The name of the root directory to use. By default,
the root directory is set to !DIR.
Outputs
The machine-independent directory path.
Modification History
Written by: David W. Fanning, 28 April 2003.