Hi,
I am trying to save files using a relative file path. I want the files to be saved in a folder called Data. If this folder does not exist, then I want the procedure to create it. For some reason when I run these two lines of code,
an error message is generated. The message says "The operation could not be completed because Windows OS error - Access Denied. Do you want help?"
When I change the String newCSVFolder to the full path name, the procedure performs precisely as I want it to.
When I change the String newCSVFolder to the full path name, the procedure performs precisely as I want it to
This makes me think that location is an empty string.
The path passed to NewPath must be a full path because Igor has no concept of a current directory.
Assuming that you know what your relative path is relative to, you should be able to convert your relative path to a full path.
If this does not solve the problem then create a demo function that illustrates the problem and specifies what you mean by "location" and what you want the path to be relative to.
I apologize for that typo. location originally held the full path to where I wished to create the folder called Data, but I want this code to work on any computer that I might use it on, not just mine.So for this case assume that location is "". Is there any way to create a folder just outside of whatever folder contains the experiment (.pxp) file? I just want to ascend one directory (in Java it would just be two periods "..Data").
Is there any way to create a folder just outside of whatever folder contains the experiment (.pxp) file?
Yes. Here is how you do it:
// FullPathToHomeFolder()
// Returns colon-separated path to experiment's home folder with trailing colon
// or "" if there is no home folder.
Function/S FullPathToHomeFolder()
PathInfo home
if (V_flag == 0)
// The current experiment was never saved so there is no home folder
return ""
endif
String path = S_path
return path
End
Function CreateFolderInHomeFolder(folderName, symbolicPathName)
String folderName // Name of folder to be created
String symbolicPathName // Name to use for the symbolic path
String fullPath = FullPathToHomeFolder()
if (strlen(fullPath) == 0)
// Error - there is no home folder because the current experiment was never saved
return -1
endif
fullPath += folderName
NewPath/O/C $symbolicPathName, fullPath
return 0 // Success
End
This makes me think that location is an empty string.
The path passed to NewPath must be a full path because Igor has no concept of a current directory.
Assuming that you know what your relative path is relative to, you should be able to convert your relative path to a full path.
If this does not solve the problem then create a demo function that illustrates the problem and specifies what you mean by "location" and what you want the path to be relative to.
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Yes. Here is how you do it:
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