Re: DirectoryStack[] not showing top directory stack item
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg124053] Re: DirectoryStack[] not showing top directory stack item
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 05:20:51 -0500 (EST)
- Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com
- References: <je6ei1$qbd$1@smc.vnet.net>
I don't see this happening in my version (v8/win7-64). I was just wondering: you say you're using Mathematica 7. How come your installation directory seems to be that of version 6? Cheers -- Sjoerd ---- Check out Stackoverflow's Mathematica tag: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mathematica or better, help out with the new dedicated Mathematica Q&A site on StackExchange. It's almost in private beta, but needs just a few extra people to kick off and participate. Go to: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/37304/mathematica?referrer=EJOMFcZOBpAIDM_9uBjtlA2 On Jan 6, 10:23 am, phillman5 <phillm... at gmail.com> wrote: > Looking at the on line help for DirectoryStack it shows the following > example: > > SetDirectory[$InstallationDirectory] > "C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\6.0" > > DirectoryStack[] > {"C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\6.0", > "C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\6.0\Documentation\ > English\System\ReferencePages\Symbols", "C:\Documents and > Settings\roger\My Documents"} > > However when I request a DirectoryStack it never shows the top item > > SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]] > /Volumes/RamDisk/D1 line <--this is correct > > DirectoryStack[] > "/Users/phillman5" <- missing new stack > value set above > > However if I do a Directory[] I do get the top entry > > Directory[] > /Volumes/RamDisk/D1 line > > On starting Mathematica it shows that the DirectoryStack is empty. > > Also ResetDirectory[] shows the resulting top DirectoryStack item, > not the one popped. > > I am using Mathematica 7.0.1.0 on Mac OSX 10.6.8