Getting Started

Documentation

Glish

Learn More

Programming

Contact Us

Version 1.9 Build 1556

News	FAQ
Search	Home

catalog.setconfirm - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	catalog
	Tool	catalog

Set the confirmation option

Synopsis
setconfirm(flag)

Description
Before some operations (copy, rename, delete), the user can be prompted for confirmation. This function sets the default for that option. It can also be set from the GUI or from the aipsrc file like

catalog.confirm: 	yes

Possible confirm options are:

• yes means that confirmation is asked for all files.
• directory means that confirmation is only asked for directories.
• no means that confirmation is never asked.

For backward compatibility the boolean values T (=yes) and F (=no) are also possible.

Note that when using dc.setconfirm() in a script it should always be done like:

cursts := dc.getconfirm();
dc.setconfirm(F);
dc.delete (...);
dc.setconfirm(cursts);

otherwise the default confirmation status is changed unexpectedly in the GUI.

Arguments

flag	in	Flag
		Allowed:	yes, directory ,no
		Default:	yes

Returns
Bool

Example

  include "catalog.g";
  dc.setconfirm(T)