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Re: st: Relative directory paths in Stata?
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Relative directory paths in Stata?
Date
Mon, 5 Aug 2013 09:05:05 +0100
The "current do-file" is not a precisely defined concept given that
do-files can call other do-files and so on.
But you can access the current working directory and parse that.
. di c(pwd)
C:\data
local drive = substr("`c(pwd)'", 1, 2)
cd `drive'
Otherwise your question is also your answer: Use relative paths.
Stata's -cd- is just as smart, if not smarter, than the Windows/DOS
-cd-.
(More generally, always state your operating system if questions
involve it. See the Statalist FAQ on this point.)
Nick
[email protected]
On 5 August 2013 08:49, Mark Millstone <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There's one thing I was never able to figure out in Stata. How can I
> instruct the programme to change to the directory which contains the
> current do-file? For instance, if I use a USB stick, depending on the
> computer, I may be working in drive "E:\My files" or "F:\My files".
> Now, if I change the working directory to "F:\My files" in the former,
> or "E:\My files" in the latter case, I will get an error. Can't I just
> instruct Stata to change to whatever directory the current do-file is
> in? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
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