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ZIM Language Reference

$StartPath

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File system path where one of the Zim executables started.

Return Value

A character string. Cannot be reset by an application program.

Description

It is the operating system directory where the user started the application by invoking one of the Zim executables.

The table below shows how $StartPath is interpreted by the various Zim executables:

Zim Executable

Result

Zim (LINUX Only) The path where Zim was started
ZimQTC The path where ZimQTC was started
ZTCAgent The same path detected by ZimQTC
ZDBAgent The same value as $WorkPath

Example

C:\MyDirSubDir> zimqtc -n mybase

After invoking ZimQTC, in the prompt:

> OUTPUT $startpath

C:\MyDirSubDir

See Also

$ClipPath

$DBPath

$ImagePath

$WorkPath

$ZimPath

$UserPath

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