NotebookDirectory

NotebookDirectory[]

gives the directory of the current evaluation notebook.

NotebookDirectory[nb]

gives the directory for the notebook specified by nb.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Find the name of the directory containing the notebook file for this reference page:

Possible Issues  (2)

There is no directory for a notebook that has been created but not yet saved:

If an evaluation was not directly triggered from within a notebook, there will be no directory:

Wolfram Research (2007), NotebookDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), NotebookDirectory, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "NotebookDirectory." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). NotebookDirectory. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_notebookdirectory, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookDirectory}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_notebookdirectory, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookDirectory}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookDirectory.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-November-2024 ]}