Perhaps it would be simpler to use the $( ) alternative to ` `, where there is less possibility for confusion over characters. As below: rosrun rviz rviz -d $(rospack find turtle_tf) /rviz/turtle_rviz.vcg Regards, Joel Josh Faust wrote, On 21/07/10 23:00: > You're using single quotes (same key as " on the keyboard), instead of > backticks (Same key as ~). > > Josh > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Vinay K > wrote: > > HI, > > While running any application with rviz using a vcg file, I get the > same error i.e. File [rospack find package_name] does not exist. > Below given is the following output.. > > vros@ubuntu:~$ rosrun rviz rviz -d 'rospack find turtle_tf' > /rviz/turtle_rviz.vcg > [ INFO] 1279749063.222485000: Loading general config from > [/home/vros/.rviz/config] > [ INFO] 1279749063.222872000: Loading display config from > [/home/vros/.rviz/display_config] > [ERROR] 1279749064.042076000: File [rospack find turtle_tf] does not > exist > > What is the cause of this error? > > Vinay > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users -- Research Associate Ocean Systems Laboratory Heriot-Watt University, UK