DIR

Current Directory Variable

This system variable returns the full path name of the current directory specified by the last SET DIR directive.

Syntax

DIR

Remarks

Starting with release level 8.1B2, the returned string is terminated with a slash (“/”) for UNIX and a backslash (“\”) for DOS.

The default for this variable is the full path name for the directory from which Thoroughbred Basic was executed.

A hierarchical directory must be set in the IPL file for Thoroughbred Basic to create or locate a file using the current directory.

Examples

LET A$ = DIR

If A$ = “/usr/lib/Basic/WORD”, the current directory is “/usr/lib/Basic/WORD”
Starting with release level 8.1B2, A$ contains “/usr/lib/Basic/WORD/”.

See also

SET DIR and SET PREFIX directives
PREFIX system variable

From the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference, Volume I: A–E, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF