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IncludeDirectories

is an option that specifies whether directories are included in evaluations.

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IncludeDirectories

IncludeDirectories

is an option that specifies whether directories are included in evaluations.

Details

  • With the default setting IncludeDirectoriesFalse, directories are excluded from evaluations.
  • With the setting IncludeDirectoriesTrue, functions like FileSystemMap will apply to both directories and files.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

By default, FileSystemMap excludes directories:

When IncludeDirectories is set to True, a key of All will be added for the evaluated directory:

Wolfram Research (2019), IncludeDirectories, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2019), IncludeDirectories, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2019. "IncludeDirectories." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2019). IncludeDirectories. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_includedirectories, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IncludeDirectories}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_includedirectories, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IncludeDirectories}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludeDirectories.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}