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The following function usees the GetAliasParams method of TSession
to get the directory mapping for an alias:

uses
  DbiProcs, DBiTypes;

function GetDataBaseDir(const Alias : string): String;
(* Will return the directory of the database given the alias
  (without trailing backslash) *)
var
  sp  : PChar;
  Res : pDBDesc;
begin
  try
    New(Res);
    sp := StrAlloc(length(Alias)+1);
    StrPCopy(sp,Alias);
    if DbiGetDatabaseDesc(sp,Res) = 0 then
      Result := StrPas(Res^.szPhyName)
    else
      Result := '';
  finally
    StrDispose(sp);
    Dispose(Res);
  end;
end;
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