Re: st: sysdir set for do-files or datasets ?

[Buzz Burhans <wsb2@cornell.edu>]

I use an ado program by Nicholas Winter called -c- (referred to as fastcd 
on SSC in the post in this thread by Ulrich Kohler) to speed up changing 
directories, which is easily done  within do files by something like this:

pwd
C:\Documents and Settings\Buzz Burhans\My Documents\Active 6 
GlycolStudyWorking9-9-02\NEFA

* suppose I start in the above directory

. c MH

* the results of this command are:

C:\Documents and Settings\Buzz Burhans\My Documents\Active 6 
GlycolStudyWorking9-9-02\3MH

* after which I can work in that directory

.save fileX, replace

* and then later change to my original or other directory easily by using 
-c- again:

. c NEFA

C:\Documents and Settings\Buzz Burhans\My Documents\Active 6 
GlycolStudyWorking9-9-02\NEFA


As you can see, typing a short keyword saves a lot of typing in defining 
the directory.

I am grateful to Nick Winter for making this available, it improves 
efficiency a lot.

Buzz Burhans



At 08:11 PM 12/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:

> With sysdir set, we can specify a personal  directory for ado-files, where 
> Stata will look them up first.
> Is it possible to do the same for do-files ?  Or for the datasets ?
> I prefer to keep my datasets and do-files that I run in the different 
> directories.
> Therefore, if my current working directory is the one with the datasets, I 
> always have to write a very long path to: do "longpath"a.do
>
> Other way, of course, is to set current directory with do-files, but I 
> will have to  write long path names when I use or save datasets.
> Is there way to set up a default directory, where Stata starts looking for 
> do-files or datasets ?
> Thank you, for attention.
> Misha Bonch-Osmolovski.
> UNC-Chapel Hill.
>
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Buzz Burhans
wsb2@cornell.edu


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