file SOP naming problem

[daland]

Hi all,

I am writing a little script that reads in a bunch of bgeos in file SOPs (and then does some other stuff)... I want the name of the file SOP to be the name of the .bgeo. using s foreach and everything works fine except for

the naming of the file SOP

The problem is that SOPs don't like to have those pesky periods in the name like " file.bgeo"

in UNIX I can strip off the extenion using :r

set name = file.bgeo

set stripname = $name:r

I am looking for a way to do this in the textport...

any ideas?

thanks,

david

[TheUsualAlex]

Hey,

So you wanted the name of your File SOP (i.e. "MyBgeo") to be the name of in the field, right? Would something like: `opname(".")`.bgeo works?

[daland]

actually what I am looking for is a way to name my

file SOP the same as the file it is reading...

so if I am reading in mygeo.bgeo, I want the file SOP to be named mygeo

david

[danteA]

set new_fname = `substr($fname, 0, rindex($fname,"."))`

(where the fname variable is set to your full filename)

[daland]

thanks danteA!

your suggestion works except when I use a variable like $fname..

If I use test.bgeo in place of $fname it works...I think it is maybe a

syntax problem ...have tried using quotes, ticks, single quotes but can't

quite get the right combination....

any ideas?

basically this is how I am using it.

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foreach J ( `system("ls /bgeo")`)

echo $J

set geoname = `substr($j,0,rindex($j,"."))`

echo $geoname

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thanks,

david

[danteA]

variables are case-sensitive in houdini. this means that you either stick to using all uppercase J or all lowercase j.

[daland]

DOG-GONE-IT!

Thank you....sometimes it just takes another set of fresh eye!!

much appreciated!

david