If you know the filename, you can call open_via_path which returns the directory the file was eventually found in -- then you can close the file but keep the directory name for later use.
cheers Miller On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:56:47PM -0400, Joel Matthys wrote: > Hi all. I'm working on a Pd external which encapsulates the audio > language RTcmix, based on Brad Garton's [rtcmix~] Max object. The > language and its audio functions are in a dylib in the external's > directory. > > My problem is that the external needs to know its own path in order > to correctly find and reference the dylib. Max has nameinpath() and > path_topathname() which help with this. Pd's open_via_path() won't > work here because the path is the unknown. > > Does anyone have a suggestion about how to access the external's > path dynamically? > > Thanks! > Joel > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
