[Tex/LaTex] How to use \graphicspath

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I am using MikTex 2.9 and TeXstudio for my TeX preparation. I would like to set the path to my figures folder, which contains all the figures, plots etc. required for my work.

I used \graphicspath to set the directory, but it gives me an error message:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\graphicspath{D:/LATEX/Reports@IIT/figures}

\begin{document}
\includegraphics[width=4.5cm,height=4cm,angle=0]{logo.jpg}

\end{document}

Error: Package pdftex.def Error: File `logo.jpg' not found

However, when I prepend the filenames of the images with the same path in the \includegraphics command, it works just fine:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\includegraphics[width=4.5cm,height=4cm,angle=0]{D:/LATEX/Reports@IIT/figures/logo.jpg}

\end{document}

Why is \graphicspath not setting the path?

Best Answer

\graphicspath{{D:/LATEX/Reports@IIT/figures/}}

Try it!

More general case: 

\graphicspath{{subdir1/}{subdir2/}{subdir3/}...{subdirn/}}

The ... is not the part of the syntax for sure! It is there just to represent something like 1,2,3,...,n in a set theory.

If the figures are saved in a sibling directory, use ../ to access the parent directory.

    \graphicspath{{../figs/}}
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