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| From | Kerry Kammire <kkammire@stata.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Directory Management on a Mac |
| Date | Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:53:36 -0600 |
Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com> wrote: > The one item still making me hesitate is the directory issue. When I > double-click a do-file on a PC, it runs that file using the present > directory as the default, which is usually what I want. But on a Mac, I > still have to set the directory name from within a do-file, which means a > program written on one Mac won't necessarily work on another Mac if > they have different directory trees. If you double-click on a .do (*), .dta, or .gph file from the Finder on a Mac, Stata changes the current working directory to the directory that the file is located in. For example, if your current working directory is your home directory and you double-click on a .dta file in your Documents directory, Stata will change the current working directory to the Documents directory. Are you saying you don't want that to happen? * Stata can open a .do file that is double-clicked in the Finder in the Do-file Editor if you set the preference to do so. -- Kerry Kammire, StataCorp kkammire@stata.com * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/