DECODR has always expected the base cruise data-path to be Q:\CODES\YYYY\YYMM\ where Q: is the data drive, YYYY is the year, and YYMM is the year-month associated with the cruise ie 1701. The base cruise data-path and other settings are set in C:\DECODR\decodr.cfg (this path is hard-wired and has to be named exactly as shown).
This is our data acquistion directory structure used at-sea so all systems can contribute to the proper directories over the network. Since data-processing is done throughout the cruise for data-quality control, DECODR has been programmed to find data in these folders.

But since the data-path of completed cruises may be different once ashore, DECODR will now accept any data-path as long as "YYMM\" is the last part of the string ie "Q:\CODES\2010S\2013\1311\". As always, users should double-check the Current Data Path: displayed in DECODR is correct before running any module. Each modules add to the base data-path so the directory structure under the base data-path is fixed, for example using base data directory Q:\CODES\2017\1704\:

Other module file paths are:

Other support directories under the base data folder but not used directly by DECODR: