<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>dbhtml_dir</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../reference.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="DocBook XSL Stylesheets: Reference Documentation"><link rel="up" href="pi-html.html" title="Part 1. HTML Processing Instruction Reference"><link rel="prev" href="dbhtml_class.html" title="dbhtml_class"><link rel="next" href="dbhtml_filename.html" title="dbhtml_filename"><link rel="copyright" href="copyright.html" title="License"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dbhtml_dir</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbhtml_class.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part 1. HTML Processing Instruction Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbhtml_filename.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="dbhtml_dir"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><h2>dbhtml_dir</h2><p> dbhtml_dir — Specifies a directory name in which to write files </p></div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><code class="sgmltag-xmlpi"><?dbhtml dir="<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em>"?></code></pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"><a name="idp8759200"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>When chunking output, use the <a href="../pi/dbhtml_dir.html"><code class="sgmltag-xmlpi"><?dbhtml dir?></code></a> PI as a child of a chunk source to cause the output of that chunk to be written to the specified directory; also, use it as a child of a <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/mediaobject.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">mediaobject</code></a> to specify a directory into which any long-description files for that <a href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/mediaobject.html"><code class="sgmltag-element">mediaobject</code></a> will be written.</p> <p>The output directory specification is inherited by all chunks of the descendants of the element. If descendants need to go to a different directory, then add another <a href="../pi/dbhtml_dir.html"><code class="sgmltag-xmlpi"><?dbhtml dir?></code></a> processing instruction as a child of the source element for that chunk, and specify the path relative to the ancestor path.</p> <p>For example, to put most chunk files into <code class="filename">shared</code> but one chapter into <code class="filename">exception</code> at the same level, use:</p> <pre class="programlisting"><book> <?dbhtml dir="shared"?> ... <chapter> <?dbhtml dir="../exception"?> </chapter> </book> </pre> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp8765712"></a><h2>Parameters</h2> <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">dir="<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em>"</span></dt><dd> <p>Specifies the pathname for the directory</p> </dd></dl></div> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp8769008"></a><h2>Related Global Parameters</h2> <p><a href="../html/base.dir.html"><em class="parameter"><code>base.dir</code></em></a></p> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp8770464"></a><h2>Related Information in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/" target="_top">DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide</a></h2> <p><a class="ulink" href="http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Chunking.html#dbhtmlDirPI" target="_top">dbhtml dir processing instruction</a></p> </div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dbhtml_class.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pi-html.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dbhtml_filename.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dbhtml_class </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dbhtml_filename</td></tr></table></div></body></html>