Re: $Path variable
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- Subject: [mg15162] Re: $Path variable
- From: Ben Stanley <bds02 at uow.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 03:11:32 -0500
- Organization: University of Wollongong, Australia
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What I do is append this to my init.m file, outside the package begin and end stuff: Append[ $Path, "C:\\Dir1\\Dir2" ] (* for Windows *) Append[ $Path, "Volume:Dir1:Dir2" ] (* for Macintosh *) whatever else if you're on unix. Doug Webb wrote: > Hello, > How do I change the list of directories searched in the $Path vaiable > in Mathematica? None of my books give any indication of how to alter > $Path, other than a "manual" $Path = "......". I want Mathematica to > search a particular direcotry for packages I've written, in addition to > all the current ones. I've looked at my init.m file, it doesn't have > $Path in it. All my attempts to change it init.m have caused crashes. > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > Doug