Re: st: ado file location in Macintosh OS X

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinest.org>]

Thank you Michael! Yes, I had indeed not realized there are two "ado" 
folders. As soon as I transfered my user-downloaded "plus" folder ado 
files from "/applications/stata/ado"  to "~ado/", it works perfectly.

Thank you for your clear explanation of the directory structure. That 
made all the difference.
All the best,
Michael






> >   	STATA:



> > /Applications/Stata/
> >  	UPDATES:  /Applications/Stata/ado/updates/
> >    	BASE:  /Applications/Stata/ado/base/
> >    	SITE:  /Applications/Stata/ado/site/
> >    	PLUS:  ~/ado/plus/

> 	These are in the Stata folder that is located in the 
> Applications folder, correct?  In typical Unix fashion (since Mac OS 
> X is a BSD-Unix variant), this folder (aka directory) is 
> /Applications/Stata/.
> That is what is listed as your "STATA" directory by -sysdir-.
>
> 	[Aside:  in Mac OS X, / is the "root" directory on your Mac, 
> which typically is represented in the Finder by your hard drive 
> icon.  (If you are switching from Windows, it is roughly analogous 
> to the C:\ directory.)  Typical subdirectories are /Applications, 
> /Library, /Users, and /System.  Stata (the program) in installed in 
> Stata (the folder), which is located in Applications (another 
> folder).  Programs like Stata are typically installed in 
> /Applications so that they are available to all users of your Mac.]
>
> 	Within /Users, there are at least two subdirectories: 
> /Shared and your personal user directory, which for the sake of 
> argument I'll presume is named "michael".  In Unix parlance, your 
> personal user directory is your home directory, which is denoted as 
> ~.  Hence, any directory that begins with a tilde is actually a 
> subdirectory of /Users/michael.  For example, -sysdir- indicates 
> that your PLUS directory is located in ~/ado/plus/ -- that is, 
> /Users/michael/ado/plus/.
>
>
>
> > When I ask Stata to examine the directories, I see:
> >
> > . sysdir
> >   	STATA:  /Applications/Stata/
> >  	UPDATES:  /Applications/Stata/ado/updates/
> >    	BASE:  /Applications/Stata/ado/base/
> >    	SITE:  /Applications/Stata/ado/site/
> >    	PLUS:  ~/ado/plus/
> > 	PERSONAL:  ~/ado/personal/
> > 	OLDPLACE:  ~/ado/
> >
> > However, there is no <plus>, where ado files which I've downloaded, 
> > for example -metan-.
> 	I'm not sure I follow.  If you use -ssc install- or -net 
> install-, these files will be placed in your PLUS directory: 
> ~/ado/plus/, or equivalently, /Users/michael/ado/plus/.  Does that 
> work for you?
>
> 	Notice there are two different "ado" folders:  one in 
> /Applications/Stata/, and a second in ~/ado/.  This set-up mirrors 
> the arrangement on the standard installation on a PC (IIRC), which 
> places one ado folder (for BASE and UPDATES) at C:\Program 
> Files\Stata9\ and another (where your PLUS and PERSONAL ado files 
> reside) at C:\ado\.
>
>
>
> > And, if I copy the <plus> directory from my PC to the Mac under 
> > <plus>, none of the ado files which I've downloaded are visible.
> 	Hmm, I'm puzzled:  in the previous sentence you said there 
> was no PLUS directory, but now you say you have copied your PC files 
> your Mac under the PLUS directory.  Without a better idea of exactly 
> what you have done, I am going to guess that one of the following 
> has happened:
>
> 	1. You copied your PC "plus" folder into 
> /Applications/Stata/ado/ -- beside the /Applications/Stata/ado/base/ 
> and /Applications/Stata/ado/updates/ folders.  That won't work, 
> because Stata is not looking there for its PLUS directory.
>
> 	2. You copied your PC "plus" folder into /Users/michael/ado/ 
> (the correct location according to -sysdir-), but the line endings 
> are PC (CR/LF) instead of Mac (CR) or Unix (LF).  However, that 
> would probably result in an execution error rather than a "not 
> found" error.
>
> 	3. You copied your PC "plus" folder into /Users/michael/ado/, 
> but permissions somehow were not set correctly.  If you know 
> something about working with Unix permissions, you can fix this 
> easily with Terminal.app.  Otherwise, you should be able to fix it 
> by selecting the "plus" folder and selecting "Get Info..." from the 
> contextual menu (right-click or control-click on the folder icon), 
> then selecting "Read & Write" for your "Ownership & Permission" 
> settings at the bottom of the "plus Info" window.
>
> 	Based on what you've written, I would put a very high prior 
> possibility on #1 being the source of your problem, and a 
> vanishingly small probability on #3.  It is not clear to me whether 
> #2 is going to be a problem or not, because I have never attempted 
> to move ado files across platforms.  While it may not seem 
> efficient, I would recommend using -adoupdate- to get a list of ado 
> files installed on your PC, then installing fresh copies on your 
> Mac.  It's a bit of a pain to do that set-up the first time, but 
> subsequently you can keep both machines up-to-date (if desired) with 
> regular use of -adoupdate-.  In my opinion, that is a lot easier 
> than copying .ado and .hlp files back and forth across machines.
>
> 	Hope this helps.
>
> 					-- Mike
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