Directories & Directory Operations - Wolfram Mathematica 8 Documentation

Directories & Directory Operations

Directory — current kernel directory

SetDirectory — set the current kernel directory

NotebookDirectory — current notebook directory

ParentDirectory — the parent of a directory

DirectoryName — pick out the directory part from a full file name

FileNameJoin — assemble a file name from a list of parts

DirectoryQ — test whether a name corresponds to an existing directory

Directory Operations

User File Directories

$UserDocumentsDirectory — default directory to store kernel files

$HomeDirectory — user's home directory

$UserBaseDirectory — default base directory for user-specific add-on files

$Path — list of directories to search for files

System File Directories

$InitialDirectory — initial directory when Mathematica was started

$BaseDirectory — default base directory for systemwide add-on files

$InstallationDirectory — root of directories for Mathematica installation files

$RootDirectory — file system root directory

$TemporaryDirectory — system temporary directory

FindFile — find a file by searching $Path, etc.

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