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How do I create a directory at a given path, and also create any missing parent directories along that path? For example, the Bash command mkdir -p /path/to/nested/directory does this.
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Which Python library can I use to extract filenames from paths, no matter what the operating system or path format could be? For example, I'd like all of these paths to return me c: a/b/c/ a/b/c \a\...
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On Linux, how can I add a directory to the $PATH so it remains persistent across different sessions? Background I'm trying to add a directory to my path so it will always be in my Linux path. I've ...
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Given a path such as "mydir/myfile.txt", how do I find the file's absolute path in Python? E.g. on Windows, I might end up with: "C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt"
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I would like to list all files recursively in a directory. I currently have a directory structure like this: src/main.c src/dir/file1.c src/another-dir/file2.c src/another-dir/nested/files/file3.c I'...
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What is the proper way to modify environment variables like PATH in OS X? I've looked on Google a little bit and found three different files to edit: /etc/paths ~/.profile ~/.tcshrc I don't even ...
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I'm writing a Bash script. I need the current working directory to always be the directory that the script is located in. The default behavior is that the current working directory in the script is ...
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I am trying to add C:\xampp\php to my system PATH environment variable in Windows. I have already added it using the Environment Variables dialog box. But when I type into my console: path it doesn't ...
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I have a data structure like this : var someObject = { 'part1' : { 'name': 'Part 1', 'size': '20', 'qty' : '50' }, 'part2' : { 'name': 'Part 2', '...
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My code runs inside a JAR file, say foo.jar, and I need to know, in the code, in which folder the running foo.jar is. So, if foo.jar is in C:\FOO\, I want to get that path no matter what my current ...
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I can't seem to get any search results that explain how to do this. All I want to do is be able to know if a given path is a file or a directory (folder).
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I often find myself writing R scripts that generate a lot of output. I find it cleaner to put this output into its own directory(s). What I've written below will check for the existence of a directory ...
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I have come up against this problem a few times at inopportune moments: Trying to work on open source Java projects with deep paths Storing deep Fitnesse wiki trees in source control An error trying ...
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C# 2008 SP1 I am using the code below: dt.ReadXml("%AppData%\\DateLinks.xml"); However, I am getting an exception that points to the location of where my application is running from: Could not ...
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I want to find out my Python installation path on Windows. For example: C:\Python25 How can I find where Python is installed?
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Can anyone explain the difference between Server.MapPath("."), Server.MapPath("~"), Server.MapPath(@"\") and Server.MapPath("/")?
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I'm building a simple helper script for work that will copy a couple of template files in our code base to the current directory. I don't, however, have the absolute path to the directory where the ...
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In python, suppose I have a path like this: /folderA/folderB/folderC/folderD/ How can I get just the folderD part?
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Example: absolute="/foo/bar" current="/foo/baz/foo" # Magic relative="../../bar" How do I create the magic (hopefully not too complicated code...)?
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I'm SSH'd into a computer, so I can't use a GUI to access the path name. Is there a way that you can see the path directly on terminal without having to use Nautilus?
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I want to create a program that converts files. I would like the user to be able to place the executable file in any directory, and when executing that program (double-clicking on the .exe) I want the ...
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Given two absolute paths, e.g. /var/data/stuff/xyz.dat /var/data How can one create a relative path that uses the second path as its base? In the example above, the result should be: ./stuff/xyz.dat
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I'm having Xcode issues when I try to use Homebrew and Git: xcrun: error: active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist, use xcode-select --switch path/...
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String variable contains a file name, C:\Hello\AnotherFolder\The File Name.PDF. How do I only get the file name The File Name.PDF as a String? I planned to split the string, but that is not the ...
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Suppose I need to refer to the path C:\meshes\as. If I try writing that directly, like "C:\meshes\as", I encounter problems - either some exception, or the path just doesn't work. Is this ...
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