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In py4pd, sometimes you need to save something in the patch folder (as audio files), or save something temporally, or other things. In this section, we present some helpers to get the correct pathname that can be useful.

pd.get_patch_dir

• Example

  Returns pathname of the current patch folder.

  import pd
  
  def getPatchDir():
      return pd.get_patch_dir()
  

• Arguments

  There is no args for this function.

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pd.get_temp_dir

• Example

  pd.get_temp_dir returns a pathname for a temp-folder, all files inside this folder are deleted when the PureData patch is closed or when all the py4pd objects are deleted.

  import pd
  
  def getTempDir():
      return pd.get_temp_dir()
  

• Arguments

  There is no args for this function.

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pd.get_py4pd_dir

• Example

  Returns the folder where the binary of py4pd is located.

  import pd
  
  def getPy4pdDir():
      return pd.get_py4pd_dir()
  

• Arguments

  There is no args for this function.

pd.get_pd_search_paths

• Example

  pd.get_pd_search_paths returns all the folders in the PureData search path.

  import pd
  
  def getPdSearchPaths():
      return pd.get_pd_search_paths()
  

• Arguments

  There is no args for this function.