I've heard of relative and absolute addressing, and I think I understand the terms, but I'm not sure how to... write that out. I'd like to apply it to saving or pulling up saved files. Specifically in relation to [writesf~].

In more detail: Lets say my patch's name is Patch.pd, and it is saved in the folder "Outer". Also in this folder is another folder named "Inner". In my Patch.pd I want to send an [open( message to [writesf~] telling it to create/save a file in the folder "Inner".

Can that be done so that wherever I move the folder "Outer" it will not mess up the directory? Also, what does the ".." mean before writing a folder's address?

Thank you for your time!
-Sebastian

Hi Sebastian,

Have a look at [getdir] wich output the current directory of the patch. Then use [makefilename] to add your "inner" folder to it and send the result to [writesf~] with something like [open $1(.

The ".." is usually used to get back to the parent folder but I'm not really sure about that.

Thank you coloscope! [getdir] looks really useful! I think I'll set it up with a loadbang so t'll set the current directory as soon as the patch opens