gdl_startup path subdirectories

[labastro]

I am trying to get a fairly large library of IDL procedures to load into the GDL_PATH using gdl_startup.pro
Like this:

folderName='+~/codes/libraryName/'
!PATH = !PATH + pathsep + Expand_Path(folderName)

Unfortunately the subdirectories in 'libraryName' do not appear to have loaded into the PATH when I "print, !PATH" from GDL. This doesn't seem to be a syntax error since the same startup script and commands work for and load other directories/libraries perfectly fine.
Any thoughts on what the issue might be?

[Alain C.]

hi

I am not able to reproduce this bug (assuming pathsep=PATH_SEP())
on GDL 0.9.6 and current CVS version

Which version of GDL do you use ? On which OS ?

print, !GDL
print, !version

[giloo]

you need pathsep=PATH_SEP(/search_path) for that to work. ON mac/unix/linux that would be

!PATH = !PATH + ":" + Expand_Path(folderName)

[labastro]

Apologies for omitting that detail. Yes I do have:

pathsep = Path_sep(/search_path)

which is certainly not the issue since I am able to load other libraries just fine with my startup script.

Here are the versions:

GDL> print, !GDL
{ 0.9.6 Oct 30 2016  1477807200}
GDL> print, !version
{ x86_64 unix linux linux 6.5 Oct 30 2016      64      64}

[labastro]

I've just installed CVS, not sure how it is related to GDL.
Here is the version:
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13-MirDebian-18 (client/server)

[giloo]

I can only confirm that

GDL> f='+~/idl/pro'
GDL> !PATH = !PATH + path_sep(/search) + Expand_Path(f)

works for me with gdl 0.9.6
But... if some folders in your ~/codes/libraryName/ are links, GDL may not "see" them.

[Alain C.]

FYI, in the CVS, I created a sub-dir src/pro/utilities
dans added 3 procedures :
path_add, path_show, path_remove
to easily add, show and remove paths into !PATH

Feedback welcome !

Alain

PS: yes, the code and options are perfectibles, but I already daily used these procedures
for regression tests on ATV, libs., ...