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<div><h1>searchPath(List,String) -- search a path for a file</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>searchPath(pa,fn)</tt><br/><tt>searchPath fn</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_search__Path_lp__List_cm__String_rp.html" title="search a path for a file">searchPath</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>pa</tt>, <span>a <a href="___List.html">list</a></span>, a list of strings giving paths to directories. Each one ends with a slash. If omitted, then <a href="_path.html" title="list of directories to look in">path</a> is used</span></li>
<li><span><tt>fn</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___List.html">list</a></span>, a list of those directories in <tt>pa</tt> containing files named <tt>fn</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___File.html" title="the class of all files">File</a> -- the class of all files</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_minimize__Filename.html" title="minimize a file name">minimizeFilename</a> -- minimize a file name</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_relativize__Filename.html" title="relativize a file name">relativizeFilename</a> -- relativize a file name</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_base__Filename.html" title="the base part of a filename or path">baseFilename</a> -- the base part of a filename or path</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_to__Absolute__Path.html" title="the absolute path version of a file name">toAbsolutePath</a> -- the absolute path version of a file name</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_path.html" title="list of directories to look in">path</a> -- list of directories to look in</span></li>
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