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FIND_WITH_DEF

FIND_WITH_DEF

Name


    FIND_WITH_DEF()

Purpose


    Searches for files with a default path and extension.

Explanation


    Finds files using default paths and extensions, Using this routine
    together with environment variables allows an OS-independent approach
    to finding files.

Calling Sequence


    Result = FIND_WITH_DEF( FILENAME, PATHS [, EXTENSIONS ] )

Inputs


    FILENAME = Name of file to be searched for. It may either be a
                    complete filename, or the path or extension could be left
                    off, in which case the routine will attempt to find the
                    file using the default paths and extensions.
    PATHS = One or more default paths to use in the search in case
                    FILENAME does not contain a path itself. The individual
                    paths are separated by commas, although in UNIX, colons
                    can also be used. In other words, PATHS has the same
                    format as !PATH, except that commas can be used as a
                    separator regardless of operating system. The current
                    directory is always searched first, unless the keyword
                    NOCURRENT is set.
                    A leading $ can be used in any path to signal that what
                    follows is an environmental variable, but the $ is not
                    necessary. Environmental variables can themselves contain
                    multiple paths.

Optional Inputs


    EXTENSIONS = Scalar string giving one or more extensions to append to
                  end of filename if the filename does not contain one (e.g.
                  ".dat"). The period is optional. Multiple extensions can
                  be separated by commas or colons.

Outputs


    The result of the function is the name of the file if successful, or
    the null string if unsuccessful.

Optional Input Keywords


    NOCURRENT = If set, then the current directory is not searched.
      RESET = The FIND_WITH_DEF routine supports paths which are
                    preceeded with the plus sign to signal that all
                    subdirectories should also be searched. Often this is
                    used with logical names. It can be rather slow to search
                    through these subdirectories. The /RESET keyword can be
                    used to redefine an environment variable so that
                    subsequent calls don't need to look for the
                    subdirectories.
                    To use /RESET, the PATHS parameter must contain the name
                    of a *single* environment variable. For example
                    setenv,'FITS_DATA=+/datadisk/fits'
                    file = find_with_def('test.fits','FITS_DATA',/reset)

Example



      FILENAME = ''
      READ, 'File to open: ', FILENAME
      FILE = FIND_WITH_DEF( FILENAME, 'SERTS_DATA', '.fix' )
      IF FILE NE '' THEN ...

Procedure Calls


      BREAK_PATH(), FIND_ALL_DIR(), STR_SEP()

Revision History


      Version 1, William Thompson, GSFC, 3 May 1993.
              Removed trailing / and : characters.
              Fixed bugs
              Allow for commas within values of logical names.
              Added keyword NOCURRENT.
              Changed to call BREAK_PATH
      Version 2, William Thompson, GSFC, 3 November 1994
              Made EXTENSIONS optional.
      Version 3, William Thompson, GSFC, 30 April 1996
              Call FIND_ALL_DIR to resolve any plus signs.
      Version 4, S.V. Haugan, UiO, 5 June 1996
              Using OPENR,..,ERROR=ERROR to avoid an IDL 3.6
              internal nesting error.
      Version 5, R.A. Schwartz, GSFC, 11 July 1996
              Use SPEC_DIR to interpret PATH under VMS
      Version 6, William Thompson, GSFC, 5 August 1996
              Took out call to SPEC_DIR (i.e., reverted to version 4). The
              use of SPEC_DIR was required to support logical names defined
              via SETLOG,/CONFINE. However, it conflicted with the ability
              to use logical names with multiple values. Removing the
              /CONFINE made it unnecessary to call SPEC_DIR in this routine.
      Version 7, William Thompson, GSFC, 6 August 1996
              Added keyword RESET
      Converted to IDL V5.0 W. Landsman October 1997
      Use STRTRIM instead of TRIM, W. Landsman November 1998
      Use STRSPLIT instead of STR_SEP W. Landsman July 2002



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