diff --git a/lalapps/src/pulsar/HeterodyneSearch/ssbtodetector.py b/lalapps/src/pulsar/HeterodyneSearch/ssbtodetector.py index 54ba426ad49373a2bbc7a813ed0f5558fc22e0c0..544b24d3c3bde0c7b12ab677441ff57397c172b0 100644 --- a/lalapps/src/pulsar/HeterodyneSearch/ssbtodetector.py +++ b/lalapps/src/pulsar/HeterodyneSearch/ssbtodetector.py @@ -98,14 +98,9 @@ e.g. H1") det = opts.det # get the path for the ephemeris files - try: - ephpath = os.environ['LALPULSAR_PREFIX'] - except: - print("Need environment variables 'LALPULSAR_PREFIX' to be set", file=sys.stderr) - sys.exit(1) - - earth = ephpath + '/share/lalpulsar/earth00-19-DE405.dat.gz' - sun = ephpath + '/share/lalpulsar/sun00-19-DE405.dat.gz' + ephpath = os.environ['LALPULSAR_DATADIR'] + earth = os.path.join(ephpath, 'earth00-19-DE405.dat.gz') + sun = os.path.join(ephpath, 'sun00-19-DE405.dat.gz') # check files exist if not os.path.isfile(earth) or not os.path.isfile(sun):