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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
FindFile
Details
- FindFile[name] successively searches for a file with the specified name in each of the directories given in $Path.
- FindFile returns full absolute file names.
- FindFile returns $Failed if it cannot find a file with the specified name.
- In FindFile[name], the name can be specified with
path separators (or 
on Windows). It can also be specified with 
context separators. - For names of the form
, FindFile searches for files 
and 
. - If FindFile resolves to a directory, it will search for a file named
or 
in that directory. - If FindFile resolves to an object of the form
which corresponds to a directory, it will search for a file with a name like name.mx/$SystemID/name.mx. - Get, Needs, OpenRead, Install and other functions effectively use FindFile to find files to read.
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