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searchPath(List,String) -- search a path for a file

Synopsis

Function: searchPath
Usage:

searchPath(pa,fn)

searchPath fn
Inputs:
- pa, a list, a list of strings giving paths to directories. Each one ends with a slash. If omitted, then path is used
- fn, a string
Outputs:
- a list, a list of those directories in pa containing files named fn

See also

File -- the class of all files
minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name
relativizeFilename -- relativize a file name
baseFilename -- the base part of a filename or path
toAbsolutePath -- the absolute path version of a file name
path -- list of directories to look in

Ways to use this method:

searchPath(List,String) -- search a path for a file
searchPath(String)