Re: $UserBaseDirectory
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- Subject: [mg122734] Re: $UserBaseDirectory
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 06:23:17 -0500 (EST)
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On 08/11/2011 12:22, E. Frauendorfer wrote: > Help for $UserBaseDirectory gives the following "very helpful" instruction: > > The value of $UserBaseDirectory can be specified by setting the > MATHEMATICA_BASE operating system environment variable when the > Mathematica kernel is launched. It cannot be reset from inside the kernel. > > I would like to know where, when and how to do that. > > Thanks EF > Are you using Windows? If so, go into the 'Control Panel', open 'System' and press 'Advanced', then 'Environment Variables'. You should then add a new system variable with the name MATHEMATICA_BASE and value equal to the full pathname of a directory that you wish to use for this purpose. I do this myself, as it is more convenient to keep this directory in a fixed place rather than at a location that varies with changes in the OS, etc. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk