[PD] directory of root canvas

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I wrote one called [folder_list] in "hcs", but I think there are  
others too.

.hc

On Oct 4, 2009, at 2:52 PM, James Dunn wrote:

> That reminds me of something - is there something like this to get  
> the number of files in a directory?
>
> thanks
>
> James
>
> 2009/10/4 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>
> [getdir] may be what you want.  Its in 'ggee' and included in Pd- 
> extended.
>
> .hc
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Orm Finnendahl wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> sorry, this is probably trivial, but I can't seem to find the
> solution: I use a self written external in a pd patch, which on setup
> loads initialization data from subdirectories with relative pathnames
> to the directory the patch lives in.
>
> Loading the pd patch from a terminal within the patches' directory
> leads to pd having this directory as the current directory with all
> relative paths working from there. Loading the patch with
> double-clicking it will lead to pd starting from it's default
> directory and the relative pathnames don't work from within the
> external's setup routine.
>
> How is it possible to determine and then set pd's current/default
> directory to the path, the external's root canvas is located at from
> within the external?
>
> --
> Orm
>
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