Re: sourcing files in a different directory

[Kamaraju S Kusumanchi]

Sergei Steshenko wrote:

> In general, regardless of application, search paths are much more evil
> than good.

Can't agree more! They are useful but they have their own limitations.

> Because of the above I resolve full path of current file:
> 
> this_file = mfilename("fullpathext");
> 
> and then calculate _full_ paths according to the scripts directory tree
> structure.
> 
> Doing "source" with full path pretty much neutralizes the evil nature
> of search paths.

Can't believe I missed the "source" function (It is so easy to guess!). Once
I used the source("filename.m") instead of just filename in the scripts,
then everything started working perfect.

thanks everyone for replies

raju
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