# Current directory @\_\_DIR\_\_

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-directory-dir/98502>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-directory-dir/98502 "2023-05-08T19:27:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-directory-dir/98502/1 "2023-05-08T19:27:05Z")

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How do i make julia think she is in a specific directory?

```julia
exe = """
    begin
        @info @ __DIR__
        @info pwd()
    end
"""

cmd = Base.julia_cmd()
cmd = `$cmd -e $exe`

procs = open(cmd)

```

I need to be able to set where the code is run from. How can I do it?

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**Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-directory-dir/98502/2 "2023-05-08T19:34:51Z")

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> How do i make julia think she is in a specific directory?

Please note the [Julia Community guidelines](https://julialang.org/community/standards/#be_respectful_and_inclusive). In particular the programming language Julia has no gender.

You are looking for the `cd` function, or `Cmd(``, dir="/tmp")`. The latter creating a cmd object with a particular working directory, the former changing the current directory.