I usually approach this problem by using relative referencing for file paths
in my do files. For example, you could have lines like:
log using logs/thislog
use data/myfile
...
save results/myresults
Then you do files will run just fine regardless of where the main directory
is located, as long as the subdirectory structure is the same.
Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net
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<btallaire@mail.utexas.edu> asked:
Subject: st: Global Macro?
Hi I have a question:
I have a number of subroutines that I want to be able to run from a master
file
and also send to someone else who has a different file structure than
myself.
What I tried to do was this:
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global do_dir "C:\Project\Do Files"
global data_dir "C:\Project\Data"
global log_dir "C:\Project\Log Files"
global output_dir "C:\Project\Output"
do Subroutine1
do Subroutine2
do Subroutine3
macro drop do_dir
macro drop data_dir
macro drop output_dir
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There are parts of each subroutine that refer to each directory and I just
want
to reference them in this file, so the person that I'm working with just
has to
cut and paste once for each directory when I send it to them.
Is there a better way to do this??
Thanks for any help in advance!
Ben
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