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I have a structure of folders.

  1. Main Directory( has init.m, and name.m files)
  2. Subfolders under Main directory
    1. library ( has the packages, pacakge1.m, package2.m)
    2. Data (some xcel sheets and other data files) The init.m has the following commands Get[FileNameJoin[{NotebookDirectory[],"library", "Package1.m"}]]; Get[FileNameJoin[{NotebookDirectory[],"library", "Package2.m"}]];

Package1 has function1 and function2 definitions. Package2 has function3 and function4 definitions.

The Names.m file has the following the commands 

Get[FileNameJoin[{NotebookDirectory[],"init.m"}]];
DeclarePackage["Package1`",{"function1", "function2"}];
DeclarePackage["Package2`",{"function3", "function4"}]

After evaluating the name.m file, I was expecting that calling function1 should execute the Package1`function1. However it is not happening. This is what I understand of Mathematica so far. I don't want to touch the init.m file in the Autoload folder of the userbase directory as I don't want to modify the contents. I just want my init.m in the local folder to run.

Workarounds anyone?

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  • $\begingroup$ In the second argument of BeginPackage you can specify additional contexts/packages that are needed. Is that what you want? $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    Feb 17, 2013 at 11:14
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    $\begingroup$ Play around with the function FindFile until you get the relationship between context name and folder structure. Both \\package\\init.m, or \\package.m are found with "package`", as long as the base directory is in the path, no need to specify the full file name. Subcontexts are interpreted as subfolders. $\endgroup$
    – Rojo
    Feb 17, 2013 at 16:26
  • $\begingroup$ Somewhat related. $\endgroup$
    – Leonid Shifrin
    Feb 17, 2013 at 17:35
  • $\begingroup$ You can use $InputFileName instead of NotebookDirectory[] to refer to the filename of the currently evaluating .m file. $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd Smit
    Jan 25, 2021 at 20:18

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From the documentation:

NotebookDirectory[] gives the directory of the current evaluation notebook.

Your init.m is not the evaluation notebook and therefore this will not work. A simple test-case can be constructed when you create a test.m with a single line of code

Print[NotebookDirectory[]];

Then you open a new and unsaved notebook and Get this package. It will lead to an error

NotebookDirectory::nosv: The notebook NotebookObject[Untitled-1] is not saved. >>

Why don't you look at the directory structure of packages in the e.g. AddOns folder and follow the usual conventions?

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