Re: Command to get a notebook's directory?
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- Subject: [mg22941] Re: Command to get a notebook's directory?
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 02:54:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,
MathGL3d use the function:
GetNotebookDirectory[] :=
If[$Notebooks,
GetNotebookDirectory[EvaluationNotebook[]],
Directory[] <> $PathnameSeparator
]
to set the directory of a file.
Regards
Jens
Jordan Rosenthal wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This seems like a pretty simple question, but I am having the hardest time
> finding the answer. Let's say I save a notebook in a directory called
> "c:\myfiles\mynotebooks". Is there a command I can use from within this
> notebook to determine this directory?
>
> The purpose is to have an Export command that is able to export data to the
> same directory in which the notebook is saved. If I move the notebook, I
> don't want to have to manually change the Export command.
>
> The Directory[] command gives the working directory, which is not
> necessarily the same as the notebook's directory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jordan