Re: Subject: Calling one notebook into another
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- Subject: [mg52319] Re: Subject: [mg52319] Calling one notebook into another
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:28:57 -0500 (EST)
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On 11/21/04 at 8:14 PM, drbob at bigfoot.com (DrBob) wrote: >I tried your code in version 5.1, and it didn't like the >SetDirectory command: >SetDirectory["~/Desktop"]; >SetDirectory::"cdir" Cannot set current directory to `1`. >Here's my home directory: >$HomeDirectory >C:\Documents and Settings\bobby >and here's a command that DOES work: >SetDirectory["C:\\Documents and Settings\\bobby\\Desktop"]; >Is this a bug? I doubt it. On unix systems (including Mac OS X) the "~" character expands to be your home directory. I suspect Mathematica relies on the operating system to expand the "~" character in this manner. That would mean this would not work for users on Windows. -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four
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