diff --git a/app/cmTimeLine.c b/app/cmTimeLine.c
index 3c4dbf2..555bbb4 100644
--- a/app/cmTimeLine.c
+++ b/app/cmTimeLine.c
@@ -949,6 +949,12 @@ const cmChar_t* cmTimeLineFileName( cmTlH_t h )
   return p->filename; 
 }
 
+const cmChar_t* cmTimeLinePrefixPath( cmTlH_t h )
+{ 
+  _cmTl_t* p = _cmTlHandleToPtr(h);  
+  return p->prefixPath; 
+}
+
 cmTlRC_t cmTimeLineFinalize( cmTlH_t* hp )
 {
   cmTlRC_t rc;
diff --git a/app/cmTimeLine.h b/app/cmTimeLine.h
index 458e8ba..e289267 100644
--- a/app/cmTimeLine.h
+++ b/app/cmTimeLine.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern "C" {
   cmTlRC_t        cmTimeLineInitializeFromFile( cmCtx_t* ctx, cmTlH_t* hp, cmTlCb_t cbFunc, void* cbArg, const cmChar_t* fn, const cmChar_t* prefixPath );
 
   const cmChar_t* cmTimeLineFileName( cmTlH_t h );
+  const cmChar_t* cmTimeLinePrefixPath( cmTlH_t h );
 
   cmTlRC_t        cmTimeLineFinalize( cmTlH_t* hp );