1 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
2 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
3 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
4 xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
5 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
6 version="5.0" xml:id="base.dir">
8 <refentrytitle>base.dir</refentrytitle>
9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">uri</refmiscinfo>
12 <refname>base.dir</refname>
13 <refpurpose>The base directory of chunks</refpurpose>
17 <src:fragment xml:id="base.dir.frag">
18 <xsl:param name="base.dir"></xsl:param>
22 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
24 <para>If specified, the <parameter>base.dir</parameter> parameter identifies
25 the output directory for chunks. (If not specified, the output directory
26 is system dependent.)</para>
28 <para>Starting with version 1.77 of the stylesheets,
29 the param's value will have a trailing slash added if it does
30 not already have one.</para>
32 <caution><para>Do not use <parameter>base.dir</parameter>
33 to add a filename prefix string to chunked files.
34 Instead, use the <parameter>chunked.filename.prefix</parameter>
35 parameter.</para></caution>