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Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output
From
Phil Clayton <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output
Date
Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:31:06 +1000
Be careful - this depends on the operating system.
In Windows -cd- without arguments is the same as -pwd-, but in Mac & Unix -cd- without arguments changes the working directory to the home directory. See -help cd-
The safer advice is therefore to use -pwd- here.
Phil
On 14/08/2013, at 6:54 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> For anyone thinking ??? know that -cd- without arguments saves a
> character over -pwd-.
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 14 August 2013 09:32, Seed, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A quick and easy to remember way of getting the info into your output is :
>>
>> *******************
>> cd
>> graph export mygraph.pdf
>> *******************
>>
>> This will take two lines of output to show exactly
>> where the graph is stored.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I think the short answer is No.
>>>
>>> But you could always spell out the full path within your command.
>>>
>>> I guess you don't want to do that, but the only alternative I can
>>> think of is writing a program to emit a local macro that cuts down on
>>> typing.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 August 2013 16:03, Martin Rune Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to force Stata to always write abolute file paths in
>>>> the output panel? For exsample, if I export a graph I want Stata to
>>>> output
>>>>
>>>> (file C:\Users\myuser\Documents\Graph.pdf written in PDF format)
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>>
>>>> (file Graph.pdf written in PDF format)
>>>>
>>>> I realize that I can make Stat write the full path if I myself specify
>>>> an absolute path, but that is not what I am after. I want to be able
>>>> to type commands using relative paths and have Stata respond with the
>>>> absolute path. Is this possible? Thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Martin Hansen
>>
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