# Path function appropriate for

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**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/path-function-appropriate-for/246 "2021-11-24T16:22:51Z")\
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It sounds like you want to refer to files that are in a known location with respect to the source code. So, for instance, I might have a file called "email-processor.rkt" with a file called "email-rules.csv" that's in the same directory. In this case, I would echo Ryan Culpepper's suggestion that you use the runtime-path functions. here's a snippet of code that illustrates what I mean:

```
#lang racket

(require racket/runtime-path)

(define-runtime-path here ".")

(file->string (build-path here "email-rules.csv"))

```

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