If you know the filename, you can call open_via_path which returns the directory the file was eventually found in -- then you can close the file but keep the directory name for later use.

cheers Miller

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:56:47PM -0400, Joel Matthys wrote:

Hi all. I'm working on a Pd external which encapsulates the audio language RTcmix, based on Brad Garton's [rtcmix~] Max object. The language and its audio functions are in a dylib in the external's directory.

My problem is that the external needs to know its own path in order to correctly find and reference the dylib. Max has nameinpath() and path_topathname() which help with this. Pd's open_via_path() won't work here because the path is the unknown.

Does anyone have a suggestion about how to access the external's path dynamically?

Thanks! Joel

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