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currentDirectory -- current working directory

Usage:

currentDirectory()
Outputs:
- the complete path to the current directory, together with an extra slash

Description

i1 : currentDirectory()

o1 = /home/m2user/work/M2/M2/M2/BUILD/build/Macaulay2/packages/

If a component of the path to the current directory no longer exist, an error will be signalled.

See also

changeDirectory -- change the current working directory

For the programmer

The object currentDirectory is a compiled function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:691:0.