The "pd-msg" help manual describes has to save a pd file by sending a "menusave" message like this:

[menusave(
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[send pd-mypatch.pd]

But it does not explain how to save a patch to a new location. (It suggests a "saveto" message, but for me this just crashes PD.)

By running PD with the debugging flag, I've worked out that you can save a new file by sending a message like this:

[savetofile newpatch.pd home/my/directory(
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[send pd-mypatch.pd]

I hope this is useful!

Dear Sir, you are a genious.

@LiamG Yes...... works for me on windows Pd extended 0.43.4 as well!
David.

That worked! Thank you so much. It will save me probably at least five minutes every day and messing up some things as well.

So, the next thing to ask: I am sure this possible, but is there an object that can produce the patch name as a symbol. I am hoping that I can automate the save function of the patch.

@raynovich [canvasname] from iemguts. Unless you want it vanilla only...

@alexandros Isn't that for a canvas? Not for a patch name.

@raynovich there is [filename(---[canvasinfo] in pd-l2ork/purr data.

@LiamG if you'll add that method to the relevant pd-msg patch and post it to the pd sourceforge tracker[1], I'll update the pd-l2ork and Purr Data docs

[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/pure-data/patches/?source=navbar

@raynovich by canvas it actually means the patch. Check the help patch of [canvasname] and you'll see.
BTW, what is the name of a canvas?

I must not have the right libraries to do |canvasname| or I am doing something wrong.

So, canvasname is an object right?

@raynovich yes, it's an object, as I wrote on a post above, from the iemguts library. Use deken to find the library.