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<div><h1>applicationDirectorySuffix -- suffix that determines the user's application directory</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>applicationDirectorySuffix = s</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, a relative path, which will be appended to the user's home directory to determine the user's application directory</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>the value of the function <tt>applicationDirectory</tt> will use the new value of <tt>applicationDirectorySuffix</tt></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>The value of <tt>applicationDirectorySuffix</tt> may also be a function of no arguments, in which case its value is used as the path. The initial value of <tt>applicationDirectorySuffix</tt> is a function whose value depends on the operating system and its conventions.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : applicationDirectorySuffix()
o1 = .Macaulay2/</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : applicationDirectory()
o2 = /builddir/.Macaulay2/</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : applicationDirectorySuffix = "local/Mac2"
--warning: function applicationDirectorySuffix redefined
o3 = local/Mac2</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : applicationDirectory()
o4 = /builddir/local/Mac2</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_application__Directory.html" title="the path to the user's application directory">applicationDirectory</a> -- the path to the user's application directory</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><div class="single"><h2>Code</h2>
<pre>../../d/startup.m2.in:238:38-240:41: --source code:
applicationDirectorySuffix = () -> (
if version#"operating system" === "MacOS" then "Library/Application Support/Macaulay2/" else ".Macaulay2/"
);</pre>
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