Relative File Paths

[Dan Korn]

Does anyone know if relative paths will work with paths to external data files?

Yes, the Frodo Travel Tutorial uses a relative path with ExternalDataFileEx.

matrix = new ExternalDataFileEx("/Users/UserA/Jobs/L142/Data/L142_matrix.txt", "\t")

 

matrix = new ExternalDataFileEx("../Data/L142_matrix.txt", "\t")

 

The former works, the latter does not.

 

I'm running 7.2 on OS X and my folder structure is:

 

-Jobs

--L142

---L142_Job.pdf

--Data

---datafile.txt

---L142_matrix.txt

The path should be relative to the input data file. If the external file is in the same folder as the main input data file, then you don't need any path at all, just the file name.

[jshobar]

Thanks Dan! I wrongly thought it was relative to the PDF file, not the input file. Thanks for the clarification.