Re: Directory[]
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- Subject: [mg96150] Re: Directory[]
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 03:36:27 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gmgv05$33b$1@smc.vnet.net>
hmalissa wrote: > Directory[] gives the name of the Mathematica working directory. > Is there a possibility to get the name of the directory in which the > notebook file is located? > For example: I neet to import data files into Mathematica, and the > data files are located in the same directory as the notebook file > itself. If I use absolute pathnames, importing will not work if the > notebook and the data files are moved to a different directory. SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]] sets the working directory to the directory in which the notebook file lives. I put this in an initialization cell at the top of the working notebook when I am importing / exporting files in the same directory. -- Helen Read University of Vermont