Creating and Using a Pathname in a Patch

Default directories can store external input, output and temporary files – MIDI, SDIF or sound files , sound analysis and synthesis files, etc. These directories are selected in the OM Preferences. The default locations are the in-files and out-files directories of the current workspace directory.

These storage folders can also be used in programs with the text tools presented in this section.

A file pathname to the storage directories can be entered directly in a data box, or come from another box, such as an InFile , OutFile , or TmpFile box.

To access these boxes

• select Functions / OM Kernel / File Utils and pick a menu item
• Cmd click and type "infile", "outfile" or "tmpfile".

Each box has one default input and one keyword input.

• First input : a file name and an extension. It is set to "nil", if the user only wishes to get a path to a directory .
• Keyword input : a list of one or more subdirectories .