Danielle H. Ferry
>
> Not sure if there is a solution to this, but I figured I'd
> throw it out
> there. I have an external hard drive which I use on both a
> Mac (OS X) and a
> PC (Win XP). I write all my Stata work to this HD. I
> sometimes call datasets
> or do-files from directories other than the one in which I
> am working. In
> this case, it is necessary to list the full pathname. The
> problem is that
> the pathname is specified with ":" as separators (i.e.,
> :hd:bigdirectory:smallerdirectory:filename.do) on a Mac but
> with "\" on a PC
> (i.e., C:\bigdirectory\smallerdirectory\filename.do).
> Notice also, that a
> Mac indicates the hard drive name by putting a ":" in front
> of the pathname
> and a PC specifies the hard drive name by putting a ":\"
> after the hard
> drive name. Much thanks for any ideas!
I am not clear quite how this is biting you,
but Stata provides a dirsep which depends on
your platform.
In Stata 7, this is accessed by `: dirsep'
and in Stata 8 by `c(dirsep)'.
Nick
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