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ProcessDirectory

is an option specifying the initial working directory to use when executing a process in functions like StartProcess and RunProcess.

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ProcessDirectory

ProcessDirectory

is an option specifying the initial working directory to use when executing a process in functions like StartProcess and RunProcess.

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  • With the default setting ProcessDirectory->Inherited, the subprocess will inherit its initial directory from the current working directory Directory[] of the Wolfram Engine that calls it.

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Basic Examples  (1)

On Unix systems like Mac OS and Linux, this runs the ls process in the installation directory to list the contents of that directory:

Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), ProcessDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "ProcessDirectory." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2014). ProcessDirectory. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_processdirectory, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ProcessDirectory}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_processdirectory, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ProcessDirectory}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ProcessDirectory.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}