# /Path

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To enter the **/Path **option keyword in the command line, use one of the options:

- Type **/Path**
- Type the shortcut **/Pa**

## Description

The /Path option keyword defines the folder path where an imported or exported file is saved. 

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| ![](/img/grandma3/2-3/tip_gray-269535.png) | **Hint:**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                            | -Enter a path beginning with a letter or number if the path is incorporated with the default folder structure.-Enter a path beginning with the forward-slash (/) character if the path begins at the root of the device.-Entering a path that does not already exist creates the necessary folders. |

## Syntax

\[Function] \[Object] \["Object\_Name" or Object\_Number] (If Drive \[Drive\_Number]) /Path "The/Path/To/My/Files"

## General Keywords

General keywords that use the /Path option keyword:

- [Export keyword](/grandma3/2-3/keyword_export/)
- [Import keyword](/grandma3/2-3/keyword_import/)
- [LoadShow keyword](/grandma3/2-3/keyword_loadshow/)
- [SaveShow keyword](/grandma3/2-3/keyword_saveshow/)

## Examples

- To export macro 1, with the name "test," to a folder labeled "myfavorites" at the root of the first connected USB drive, type:

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| ![](/img/grandma3/2-3/icon_commandline-input_logo_v2-0-59d23e.png) | User name\[Fixture]>Export Macro 1 "test" If Drive 2 /Path "/myfavorites"  |

 

- To load the show file with the name "Fabulous" which was placed in the subfolder structure "/test" on the USB drive, type:

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| ![](/img/grandma3/2-3/icon_commandline-input_logo_v2-0-59d23e.png) | User name\[Fixture]>LoadShow "Fabulous" If Drive 2 /Path "/test"  |