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$GeneratedAssetLocation

gives the default setting for GeneratedAssetLocation.

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$GeneratedAssetLocation

$GeneratedAssetLocation

gives the default setting for GeneratedAssetLocation.

Details

  • The default value of $GeneratedAssetLocation is Automatic.
  • Typical settings include:
  • Automaticautomatic setting
    File[…] or "file"storing in a local file
    LocalObject[…] or "LocalObject"storing in a local object
    CloudObject[…] or "CloudObject"storing in a cloud object
    "dir/"storing under the directory dir, using an automatic file name
    Nonestoring in memory when possible
  • If the directory "dir" already exists, then the trailing path name separator is optional.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

The default setting:

Set the default location to a directory:

Scope  (1)

Use $GeneratedAssetLocation to specify a file name:

Since SetDelayed was used, the file name will be regenerated at each function call:

Wolfram Research (2020), $GeneratedAssetLocation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2020), $GeneratedAssetLocation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2020. "$GeneratedAssetLocation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2020). $GeneratedAssetLocation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$generatedassetlocation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$GeneratedAssetLocation}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$generatedassetlocation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$GeneratedAssetLocation}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$GeneratedAssetLocation.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}