iOS apps are supposed to run inside sandbox and leaking file system info is
discouraged. Nevertheless you can hack using the HOME environment variable.
try the following

 2!:5'HOME'
 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/*'
 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/Documents/*'
 1!:0 (2!:5'HOME'),'/Documents/j/*'


On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 8:11 PM Richard Donovan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On my iPhone…
>
>   jpath'~install'
> ~install
>
> Which isn’t much help’
> ________________________________
> From: General <[email protected]> on behalf of bill
> lam <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 4:37:15 AM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] J903 on Pixel 6 Pro (Android)
>
> the install folder on any platform can be found by
> jpath'~install'
> on android it is
> /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.j.android/files
>
> > On 20 Feb 2022, at 1:58 AM, J. Patrick Harrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I just recently replaced my old iPhone (a 6 Plus) with a new Google
> Pixel 6 Pro.
> >
> > It seems to be an impressive phone with a great camera. One of my
> motivations for not getting a newer iPhone was my desire to escape the
> increasingly locked-down Apple philosophy. I had problems moving files back
> and forth between my linux computer and the phone. I'm glad to report that
> I had no particular difficulty installing  J903 on the Pixel 6. The file
> locations are cumbersome; you need something like
> >
> >   Apath=:
> '/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.jsoftware.j.android/files/'
> >
> > in your startup profile. But the good news is that you just need a USB C
> cable between your Pixel and computer and you just drag and drop files to
> transfer them back and forth. I used to test the speed of J on phones by
> inverting a 500 x 500 matrix -- on my old iPhone it took 0.5 sec, but on
> this Pixel it's down to 0.046 sec. (Need to use a larger matrix, e.g. 1000
> x 1000 -> 0.37 sec.) It took a bit of fussing to install the Dykman
> keyboard but now its there and works great. I noticed there was a 2nd
> keyboard available but I haven't tried it. How does it differ? I must say
> that though I ran J programs on the iPhone, I seldom developed anything on
> it. But J903 on this Pixel 6 is so smooth that I've started writing (short)
> routines on it and copying them back to the laptop.
> >
> > My real reason for writing this report is ask for pointers to any
> discussions regarding J on android phones. The android OS is completely new
> to me. One glitch I encountered was when I modified a J routine with a text
> editor I'd installed on the Pixel. I got a strange file read error. It
> looked like the editor did something invisible to the file that ruined the
> J session -- all my definitions were gone and I had to kill J and restart.
> But if I made the file changes on the laptop and ported the file over, it
> was fine. Any suggestions for a good text editor for android? (I'm an old
> school vi guy, but I've not found a good plane vi.)
> >
> > Anyway, I appreciate any pointers of discussions of J on android...
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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