Wolfram: Init Dir, Library Dir

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

User's Library Dir

$UserBaseDirectory

Directory path for user files.

it typically includes the following subdirectories:

  • ApplicationData
  • Applications → for typical packages.
  • Autoload → auto load. aka init files.
  • FrontEnd
  • Kernel
  • Knowledgebase
  • Licensing
  • Logs
  • Paclets
  • SystemFiles

most of these dirs are automatically added to the file loading search path, i.e. $Path. 〔see Wolfram: Search Paths $Path for Loading File〕

$UserBaseDirectory 

$UserBaseDirectory
(* C:\Users\xah\AppData\Roaming\WolframDesktop *)

(*
on Microsoft Windows
other common locations

"~/AppData/Roaming/Mathematica"
"~/AppData/Roaming/WolframDesktop"
"~/AppData/Roaming/Wolfram"

 *)

(*
on macOS, typically at
~/Library/Mathematica

on linux, typically at
~/.Mathematica
 *)

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