Re: Directory[]
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96179] Re: Directory[]
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 03:42:18 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <gmgv05$33b$1@smc.vnet.net>
In article <gmgv05$33b$1 at smc.vnet.net>, hmalissa <hans.malissa at gmx.net> 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. Perhaps, "NotebookDirectory[] gives the directory of the current evaluation notebook. NotebookDirectory[nb] gives the directory for the notebook specified by nb." (From the documentation centre.) Regards, --Jean-Marc