B4P Reference

Function Names

working directory

Description

If no parameter is provided: Retrieve the working directory path.
If a directory path is provided: Change to a different working directory

Call as: procedure or function

Restrictions

Indirect parameter passing is disabled

Parameter count

0 - 1

Parameters

No.	Type	Description
Opt. 1 input	string	new path and directory name This is the path to change directory. Absolute paths: e.g. "C:\Program Files", "/usr/local/bin" Relative paths: e.g. "Temp" One directory back: e.g. ".." Stay in current working directory e.g. "." Combinations of above e.g. "..\lib"

No.

Type

Description

Opt. 1
input

string

new path and directory name

This is the path to change directory.

Absolute paths: e.g. "C:\Program Files", "/usr/local/bin"
Relative paths: e.g. "Temp"
One directory back: e.g. ".."
Stay in current working directory e.g. "."
Combinations of above e.g. "..\lib"

Return value

Type	Description
string	Working directory Full path name of working directory. It does not have a directory separator symbol at the end.

Exceptions

Specified working directory does not exist or is not accessible

Examples

      echo( working directory() );

      working directory("..");               // One directory out

      echo( working directory() );

      echo("Jump to ", system info[bin directory] );

      working directory(system info[bin directory]); // Absolute path

      echo( working directory() );

Output

C:\Users\zur-b\OneDrive\Documents\Programme\Beyond4P\B4P_Docu_Maker
C:\Users\zur-b\OneDrive\Documents\Programme\Beyond4P
Jump to C:\Program Files\b4p
C:\Program Files\b4p

Try it yourself: Open LIB_Function_working_directory.b4p in B4P_Examples.zip. Decompress before use.

working directory

Function Names

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Examples

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