Re: notebook directory
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- Subject: [mg61672] Re: notebook directory
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:28:05 -0400 (EDT)
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On 10/24/05 at 9:07 PM, HannesKessler at hushmail.com (Hannes Kessler) wrote: >its a typical situation that I want to analyze some data files in >the same directory where the mathematica-notebook is located. Is >there a possibility to open the notebook and set the current >working directory in a different way than issuing a manual >SetDirectory["...\specific_directory"] command? >Ideally, there should be some something like a state variable >$NotebookDirectory one could refer to. I've put the following into my init.m file NotebookDirectory[]:= DirectoryName@ToFileName[ "FileName"/.NotebookInformation@EvaluationNotebook[]] In any notebook that has been saved, this allows me to insert SetDirectory@NotebookDirectory[] in the notebook to have the current working directory set to the directory in which that notebook exists. -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four
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