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Re: A Gnuplot question
From: |
Vic Norton |
Subject: |
Re: A Gnuplot question |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:06:41 -0500 |
Here's the situation.
The first lines of a gnuplot script are
#!/usr/local/bin/gnuplot
## SE_2006-09-15_rank9.plot
cd "~/octave/Markowitz_critical_line/Gnuplot";
load 'data/assetSEpoints_2006-09-15_rank9.pts';
load 'data/efficientFunctions_2006-09-15_rank9.fcn';
I want to distribute the folder, "Markowitz_critical_line", but
clearly the gnuplot code is NOT portable unless a receiver of the
distribution puts this "Markowitz_critical_line" folder in his own "~/
octave" directory.
The gnuplot script is in "Markowitz_critical_line/Gnuplot"; so what I
really want is
cd HERE;
where HERE is the directory of the calling script. Then the next two
"load" lines will work fine no matter where someone puts the
"Markowitz_critical_line" folder.
So my question is this: How do you define HERE in gnuplot?
In octave
HERE = fileparts(mfilename("fullpath"));
Regards,
Vic
On Nov 26, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Vic Norton wrote:
Unfortunately "help cd" is no help, Thomas.
Syntax:
cd '<directory-name>'
works if you know the directory-name. I want the Gnuplot script to
tell me the name of the directory in which it resides. Then the code
will be portable.
On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
I don't see what that has to do with making code portable. Can you
be more specific?