CreateArchive (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CreateArchive[source] creates a compressed archive in the current directory from a file or directory specified by source.CreateArchive[source, path] creates a compressed ...

MathLink Developer Guide - Mac OS X (Mathematica Overview)

Supported Development Platforms Installing the MathLink Components Building MathLink Programs

MathLink and External Program ... (Mathematica Overview)

Introduction to MathLink How MathLink Is Used Installing Existing MathLink-Compatible Programs

PrivatePaths (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PrivatePaths -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is a global option that specifies settings for paths private to the notebook front end.

Create a Folder of Thumbnail Images (Mathematica How To)

A very common batch processing task is to reduce the dimensions of a set of images in one or more system folders, in effect constructing thumbnail images. Mathematica 's file ...

ExpandFileName (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ExpandFileName["name"] textually expands name to have the form of an absolute file name for your operating system.

External Operations (Mathematica Guide)

Tightly integrated into Mathematica's core language is a rich set of primitives for interacting with external environments. Mathematica's symbolic architecture makes possible ...

New in 6.0: Notebooks & Documents (Mathematica Guide)

Version 6.0 greatly extended Mathematica's powerful symbolic document paradigm, integrating support for editable symbolic graphics, structure-programmable table layouts, ...

New in 7.0: Notebooks & Documents (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica 7 enhances the Mathematica notebook experience in several ways, with new convenient usability features, new levels of automation for the form and structure of ...

SystemInformation (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SystemInformation[] gives detailed information about the Mathematica system being run. SystemInformation["comp"] gives a list of rules with information about the component " ...