# Relative path in action

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-path-in-action/6299
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 19, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-path-in-action/6299 "2008-02-19T21:57:37Z")
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-path-in-action/6299/1 "2008-02-19T21:57:37Z")

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Is there a way for an Action format string to access the track's relative (to current dir) folderpath?

%folderpath\_rel% returns null. Computing it using the current directory needs a placeholder I cannot find.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-path-in-action/6299/2 "2009-08-08T14:10:01Z")

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> Computing it using the current directory needs a placeholder I cannot find.

I since found (perhaps since added)

[https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#export](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#export)  
%\_workingpath% Path of current working directory

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-path-in-action/6299/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:47Z")

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