It is possible to do what Zachary wants with a combination
of global and local variables, like so:
global u C:\path\to\util\directory\
local kluge = "$u"+"di.do"
do "`kluge'"
You could set the global in your profile.do file, then repeat
the last two lines. But I agree that using ado files in your
adopath would be a better way to go.
Tom
Nick Cox wrote:
It would be possible to write a program that, with
a key modification, looked along the adopath to find a .do file.
The default directory would surely need to be the current directory.
But I think it would be a bad idea, as .do files are best kept in
project-based
directories or folders.
Nick
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Tom Trikalinos
for do-files you have to specify the complete path as in . do
"path\to\my\do\file.do"
programs saved as "ado" files can be called by their name if they are in
the adopath see _help adopath ++_
m-files in Matlab that contain callable routines correspond to ".ado"
files in Stata.
Zachary Harrison
I am interested in adding some folders to the path that Stata uses to
find .do files. I have tried looking in the docs for adopath and
sysdir but can't get those working for me. For Matlab users, I am
after a command which accomplishes what the path() command does.
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