Re: [Hdf-forum] hdfview-2.7 possible bug

[Daniel Kahn]

Zaak Beekman wrote: The functionality I think would be most useful would be to be able to set hdfview to look in the current working directory (the directory from which hdfview was launched). Also, it would be wonderful if one could pass hdf5 files as arguments to hdfview so that the files would already be open once in the hdfview gui, rather than wading through menus, and clicking through the directory to find the file one is looking for.  Zaak, On my linux box, with hdfview 2.7, I just type: hdfview ModifyTest.h5 on the command line and hdfview starts with that file open.  It will even handle multiple files.  Isn't that what you are looking for?  Also, you can just copy and paste path strings into the "file text box", or whatever it is called, at the top of the window.  If the path includes the file that file is open.  If it doesn't than a dialog to that directory is opened.  Aren't these features what you're requesting in your second sentence above? By the way, on linux and probably other OS's there is a readlink -f command which I've found to be very useful for generating the full path to be copied and pasted into hdfview. Cheers, --dan -- Daniel Kahn Science Systems and Applications Inc. 301-867-2162

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