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SET PREFIX

FUNCTION

This directive specifies alternate directory paths for Script-IV to locate a file when it does not find the file in the current directory. SET PREFIX is a Thoroughbred Basic directive that can be executed from within a script.

SYNTAX

SET PREFIX directory-name$
directory-name$
a string that contains at least one valid directory path name.

NOTES

  • For more information on this Thoroughbred Basic directive see the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference.

SEE ALSO

PREFIX, SET DIR, DIR, and SET DRIVE in this manual, SET PREFIX , PREFIX, DIR, and SET
DRIVE in the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference.

From the Script-IV Language Reference, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF