Re: Export: Where is exported file?
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- Subject: [mg37806] Re: Export: Where is exported file?
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 01:12:55 -0500 (EST)
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Dave, The directory of the notebook in which the evaluation is takintg place is given by ToFileName[("FileName" /. NotebookInformation[EvaluationNotebook[]])[[{1}]]] -- Allan --------------------- Allan Hayes Mathematica Training and Consulting Leicester UK www.haystack.demon.co.uk hay at haystack.demon.co.uk Voice: +44 (0)116 271 4198 Fax: +44 (0)870 164 0565 "DGolber" <dgolber at aol.com> wrote in message news:aqqe6p$sgg$1 at smc.vnet.net... > When I do > > Export["picture.pdf", pict] > > the file picture.pdf ends up in the directory > > C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\4.0 > > I can see how to alter this by putting the full name of the file in the > notebook, The "Get File Path" even makes this somewhat easy. > > But is there a settable Option or Preference governing the interpretation of > "filename" in Export[filename,data]? > > In particular, I would like to be able to tell it to put the file in the > Directory that the notebook came from. > > Doe Microsoft Windows have a notion of current directory? > Dave Golber >