Another possibility, if you're using Windows, is to launch Stata with
a shortcut and put
N:\pathtorightdirectoryhere\wstata.exe do "c:\stata\profile"
in the Target window (where you replace N with the correct network
drive letter etc.).
--Mark
Subject: Re: st: working directory
Date sent: Mon, 5 May 2003 10:48:46 -0400
From: Bill Rising <[email protected]>
To: "Stata Listserve" <[email protected]>
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> On 5/5/03 5:29, Hans J. Baumgartner wrote
>
> >Dear listers
> >
> >My institute switched to a network perpetual licence.
> >Thus, the default working directory differs from my prefered working
> >directory and has to be changed manually each time when I start Stata 8.
> >I am not able to save a profile.do in the working directory since (i) I
> >have no write permission on that directory and (ii) my preferred profile
> >might differ from my colleagues preferred profile.
>
> This is a pretty wild guess, because I don't run on a network. Still -
> perhaps the networked version recognises ~ as *your* home directory. If
> this is the case, you could try having the generic profile.do like
>
> capture do ~/profile.do
> if _rc != 601 {
> error _rc
> }
>
> This might have a chance of running the profile.do file in your home
> directory, and not whining if the file doesn't exist.
>
> Just a guess.
>
> Bill
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