RE: st: Identify computer on which Stata is running

["Jeph Herrin" <stata@spandrel.net>]

There is a Stata macro functin -env- which returns environment variables. If
your OS is Windows, you should be able to access the computer name via the
environmental variable %COMPUTERNAME%. For other OSes, there should be
something similar. 

hth,
Jeph

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Chamara Anuranga
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:42 AM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Fwd: st: Identify computer on which Stata is running

Dear Stefan,

Following command may useful

local folder: dir . dirs "*",respectcase foreach comname of local folder {
dis "`comname'"
cd "`comname'"
}


What you have to do is first change the directory to C:Users as it always in
same path cd "C:\Users\"

I think in this location you have only one folder which is the computer
name. If you have more than one you have to use if condition.
It may be possible as length of the computers name  are 4 and last three are
numbers.


regards,
Chamara




On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Stefan Pichler
<stefan__pichler@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I am running Stata on different PC's. Is there a way that Stata knows from
which PC it is running and changes the directory accordingly. To be more
specific I would like to to the following:
>
> if currentPC==PC1 {
> cd "C:\Users\a123"
> }
> if currentPC==PC2 {
> cd "C:\Users\b456"
> }
> if currentPC==PC3 {
> cd "C:\Users\c789"
> }
> ...
>
>
> where Stata should find out which PC I am using and set the right
directory.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stefan
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