FileNameSplit (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileNameSplit["filename"] splits a file name into a list of parts.

PreferencesPath (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PreferencesPath is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for user-specific settings when Mathematica is started.

Systems & Utility Formats (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica allows data stored in standard systems formats to be analyzed and synthesized using the full power of Mathematica.

Automatic Loading of Import/Export ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

In addition to the interfaces of Import and Export, Mathematica 8 comes with an autoloading mechanism that simplifies the registration of formats used by the Import and ...

MathLink Development in C (Mac OS X) (Mathematica Tutorial)

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on Mac OS X systems. ("MathLink and External Program Communication" describes how ...

DefaultStyleDefinitions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DefaultStyleDefinitions is a global option that specifies the default stylesheet for all new notebooks.

Configuration Files for Mathematica (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica stores preference settings and initialization data in two directories, $BaseDirectory and $UserBaseDirectory. Within each of these directories are several ...

Installing Mathematica (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. For a complete list of platform availability, visit www.wolfram.com/mathematica/features/system-requirements.html. ...

PutAppend (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

expr >>> filename appends expr to a file. PutAppend[expr_1, expr_2, ..., " filename"] appends a sequence of expressions expr_i to a file.

FileNameJoin (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileNameJoin[{"name_1", "name_2", ...}] joins the name_i together into a file name suitable for your current operating system.