<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>base.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="chunking.html" title="Chunking"><link rel="prev" href="root.filename.html" title="root.filename"><link rel="next" href="chunked.filename.prefix.html" title="chunked.filename.prefix"><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">base.dir</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="root.filename.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chunking</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chunked.filename.prefix.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="base.dir"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">base.dir</span></h2><p> base.dir — The base directory of chunks </p></div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <a name="base.dir.frag"></a><pre class="programlisting"> <xsl:param name="base.dir"></xsl:param> </pre> </div> <div class="refsection"><a name="idp2454016"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>If specified, the <a href="../html/base.dir.html"><em class="parameter"><code>base.dir</code></em></a> parameter identifies the output directory for chunks. (If not specified, the output directory is system dependent.)</p> <p>Starting with version 1.77 of the stylesheets, the param's value will have a trailing slash added if it does not already have one.</p> <div class="caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3><p>Do not use <a href="../html/base.dir.html"><em class="parameter"><code>base.dir</code></em></a> to add a filename prefix string to chunked files. Instead, use the <a href="../html/chunked.filename.prefix.html"><em class="parameter"><code>chunked.filename.prefix</code></em></a> parameter.</p></div> </div> </div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="root.filename.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="chunking.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chunked.filename.prefix.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">root.filename </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> chunked.filename.prefix</td></tr></table></div></body></html>