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SHAPE looks for files in two folders or directories: (1) the home directory, which is the one containing the SHAPE program or application, CPSHAPE.EXE; and (2) the data directory, containing data files.

The home directory should contain, in addition to the SHAPE application itself, the setup files (SCRPTR and DEFAULTS), the pen-plotter information file (PPLOT) the help file (CPSHAPE.HLP), the space-group symmetry file (HALL.DAT) and palette (.pal) files. The SCRPTR and DEFAULTS files will be replaced after the first startup by a user- and platform-specific file.

The data directory should contain the crystal data files (.shp) and cartesian symmmetry files (.sym), and will contain any output files (raster, metafiles, EPS and pen-plotter files). Output files can be quite large.

The files RESULTS.SHD, containing the output from the List Results command in the File menu, and SECTOUT.SHD, containing data on sections and growth zones (Sections and Growth Zones dialog in the Input1 menu), are written to the home directory.

The data directory is initially the same as the home directory - it is reset whenever a data file (.shp) is read in with the Open option or a file is written with Save as.