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rootPath

Usage:

rootPath
Outputs:
- a string, the path, as seen by external programs, to the root of the file system seen by Macaulay2

Description

This string may be concatenated with an absolute path to get one understandable by external programs.

i1 : fn = temporaryFileName()

o1 = /tmp/M2-29267-0/0

i2 : rootPath | fn

o2 = /tmp/M2-29267-0/0

See also

rootURI

For the programmer

The object rootPath is a string.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:2025:0.