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Re: How can I change the default path for the function "Put"?

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• Subject: [mg104652] Re: How can I change the default path for the function "Put"?
• From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
• Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:14:25 -0500 (EST)
• References: <hcu57v$lvv$1@smc.vnet.net>

Jian,

If you want the output where your notebook is, try

SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]

and then do your Put. If you want the output in some other directory, 
first use SetDirectory["output directory"], and then use your Put.

Kevin

Jian wrote:
> In my computer, when I use "Put" (or ">>") to save some data to the
> computer, Mathematica automatically outputs the data to a network hard
> disk, where the "My Documents" folder is.  Although I know I can check
> this path using "$InitialDirectory" command, I do not know how to
> change it to a local folder.  Would anyone help me, PLZ?  Thanks!
>