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$LocalBase

gives the base directory to use for local object storage.

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$LocalBase

$LocalBase

gives the base directory to use for local object storage.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Get the current local object base:

Change the local object base to a new temporary directory:

Scope  (2)

Set the local object base to a named temporary directory specified in a system-independent way:

Give a directory to use as local base directory:

Properties & Relations  (3)

A file scheme URL can be converted to a path by ExpandFileName:

FileNameJoin accepts file scheme URLs:

$CloudBase is the base URI for persistent cloud storage:

Wolfram Research (2015), $LocalBase, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html.

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Wolfram Research (2015), $LocalBase, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "$LocalBase." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). $LocalBase. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$localbase, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$LocalBase}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$localbase, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$LocalBase}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$LocalBase.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}