Re: file question
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- Subject: [mg70656] Re: file question
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <ehcq32$t8o$1@smc.vnet.net>
dimitris wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a simple question
>
> Suppose the following
>
> OpenWrite["file1.dat"]
> OutputStream["file1.dat", 6]
>
> Do[WriteString["file1.dat", i, " ", i^3, "\n"], {i, 1, 8}];
> Close["file1.dat"]
> "file1.dat"
>
> The created file is saved in the following directory
>
> Directory[]
> "C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Mathematica\\5.2"
>
> How can I save a file created in this way in another directory
> e.g. in
>
> $BaseDirectory
> "C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\Mathematica"
>
> Thanks.
>
Hi Dimitris,
Among few other things, you can write the path where the file should be
located within the file name. For instance,
fileName = "C:\\Temp\\file1.dat";
channel = OpenWrite[fileName];
WriteString[channel, "expr1", "expr2"];
Close[channel];
Regards,
Jean-Marc