Support File Search Path

[ksperopoulos]

I was wondering...if I have a list of subfolders in a single location, can I load ONLY the root folder into AutoCad's support file search path? Will this include all the subfolders when AutoCad is looking for particular files?

[tzframpton]

No, AutoCAD will not search subdirectories (unless something has changed without my knowledge in recent version updates). Every directory needs to be path'ed. You shouldn't have more than a handful at most so if you do in fact have an extensive amount of directories, or sub-directories, it's best to reconsider your folder conventions with the files you're using.

[ksperopoulos]

Got it. Thanks.

[BlackBox]

Styk is correct that AutoCAD will not search sub-directories by default... But _you_ can by including the sub-directory name as a prefix via the FINDFILE function.

 

Consider you have a directory, named Parent that has been added to your SFSP. Within the Parent folder, is a Child folder (sub-directory), that contains a file named Foo.bar... So long as \\Parent has been included in SFSP, this will find the desired file path:

 

(findfile "[color=red]Child[/color]\\[color=blue]Foo.bar[/color]")