Just to add one more possible complication to your scenario. Depending on the software or the UNIX admin people, you may need to worry about symbolic links at a UNIX level.
For example, lets say you are in Unidata in the directory /usr/ud/ROD. In the VOC for this directory is a file called RODS.FILE, where the VOC entry looked like: 1. D 2. RODS.FILE 3. D_RODS.FILE It would appear that this file lived in the current directory where the VOC is. But at a UNIX level, there could be a symbolic links that says: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root udtgrp 34 Mar 6 20:18 ROD.FILE -> /usr/ud/SUSAN/RODS.FILE So RODS.FILE is really lives in another directory called SUSAN. The person doing this should have changed the VOC pointer. But a lot of times UNIX (Unidata phobic) types will move the file to keep a file system from filling up and create a symbolic link to where it lives now. Just thought I would throw that scenario out there just in case you had not thought about it. -Rod -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Joslyn Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:35 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Help with File Pointers Hi group. I'm trying to compare two file pointers to see if they are the same. Like this example: ../../this.path/that.path/BANANA And /u1/ud/this.path/that.path/BANANA I think what I'd want to do is start by resolving a path that had the relative path indicators ../ in it. Anyone know an easy way to do that? Likewise, paths can begin with @UDTHOME (and something similar on Universe?) Anyone know of a comprehensive list of the options on both platforms (all I know about is the ../.. stuff for "like this path" and @UDTHOME for the udt home path variable (PATH = GETENV(UDTHOME)) and the easiest way to resolve them? Susan P.s. digest subscriber, so copy me directly or be patient for my response! ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
