Pathname for saving programs

Hi!
I see, by default, if no pathname is specified, BASIC saves a program to
SDFS::RISCOSpi.$
Is it possible to change (configure) this default value of pathname to something else, for example
SDFS::RISCOSpi.$.Public
??
Thanks.

By default BASIC saves a file to @.filename where ‘@’ is the CSD

Use !MultiTask then the csd is automatically set to the last opened directory.

I understood your advice.
Although I wanted a specific constant directory, not ‘last opened’.

Open the directory viewer you want to save into by default, then Menu>Set directory or ^W. This sets the current directory.

If you are running an application you might put Prefix <directory> in the !Run file to use a facility of DDEUtils.

*Dir <wherever>

But you shouldn’t [Edit: in distributable programs] – what the current directory is set to is up to the user.

I’m user..
Thanks

I suspect Stuart meant that you should not use *Dir within a BASIC program (ie within code that is saved and run later), as that can/will lead to confusion when the program is run (even if it is you, you may have forgotten that it sets the directory!). It is perfectly OK to use *Dir from an interactive BASIC prompt or a command line, as you (the user) wants that to be executed at that time.

It is perfectly OK to use *Dir from an interactive BASIC prompt or a command line, as you (the user) wants that to be executed at that time.

or, indeed, with a little Obeyfile in Boot:Tasks.
I use Transient, and want any default-path files to be saved there.

Especially don’t use Dir in a program if you’re ever intending to give it to others. ;-)

And I was not going to insert *Dir into programs. I wanted to use the short command SAVE without pathname when saving programs.