Re: Getting File Directory Using Any Platform
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- Subject: [mg34037] Re: [mg34013] Getting File Directory Using Any Platform
- From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:57:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: fyzycyst at mailaps.org
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
on 4/26/02 3:27 AM, Ersek, Ted R at ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil wrote:
> I want a line of code that will return the directory where the Notation
> package is located and it should return a result consistent with the
> operating system used. If the following doesn't work on your platform
> please let me know. I am also interested in any improvements to this code.
>
>
> In[1]:=
> dirs=Which[
> $System==="Microsoft Windows","\\AddOns\\ExtraPackages\\Utilities",
> $System==="Machintosh",":AddOns:ExtraPackages:Utilities",
> True (* Unix *), "/AddOns/ExtraPackages/Utilities"
> ];
> DirectoryName[$TopDirectory<>dirs<>"Notation.m"]
>
>
> Out[1]=
> C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\4.1\AddOns\ExtraPackages\
>
Ted,
What you gave didn't work at all for me on a Mac (admittedly I only have
4.0, but still...).
Here's what I came up with:
In[26]:=
dirs2 = Switch[$OperatingSystem,
"MSWindows", "\\AddOns\\ExtraPackages\\Utilities",
"MacOS", ":AddOns:ExtraPackages:Utilities",
_, "/AddOns/ExtraPackages/Utilities"
];
DirectoryName[$TopDirectory <> dirs2 <> "Notation.m"]
Out[27]=
"Macintosh HD:myApplications:Numbers:Mathematica 4.0 \
Files:AddOns:ExtraPackages:"
Note several things... 'Switch' looks like the appropriate choice here.
Also, values for $OperatingSystem can include 'Unix', 'VMS', and 'MSDOS',
but I chose to use just the default of the Switch as 'Unix'.
HTH,
- Eric.
--
Eric Strobel (fyzycyst at NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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