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Relative Path Help Hi, I have a problem with relative path my patch loads compositions with the "n" key. if I drag and drop the full path of the conpositions gets paste ( /Users/me/Documents/coolqc/test/xyz.qtz) and it works for portability I need the path to relative to the folder where all the qc patches are. so doing /test/xyz.qtz does not work. also ~/test/xyz.qtz does not work how do you guys suggest a nice and clean fix. see attach comp. thanks ...
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the short answer is that '/text/xyzzy.qtz' is not a relative path but an absolute path, and '~/test/xyzzy.qtz' is using a shell shortcut which abbreviates the user's home directory as '~', which works great in shells but many (all of Apple's?) QC patches will not expand '~', leaving you with a bad path. a proper relative path would be relative to the running composition, so in your 'alpha-loadall ARTBOS1.qtz' composition you are using a mix of absolute paths and the tilde-user-home trick, instead try simply just 'Blue.qtz' or './Blue.qtz' which is a little more explicit in shell terms, but both result in the same thing.
Jean_pierre thanks for the explanation and for the solution they both work thanks
excellent, i am glad that worked out, happy composing.