Re: st: SAS libname equivalent

[Fred Wolfe <fwolfe@arthritis-research.org>]

At 01:54 PM 1/28/2004, you wrote:
> What is the correct way in Stata to establish pointers to paths in Windows 
> XP, something along the lines of the LIBNAME and FILENAME statements in 
> SAS? Can this be done using Windows environment variables? Can it be done 
> without? Can it be done at all?! I've found the ability to do this in 
> other environments critical to maintaining shared code.
We put lines in our profile.do file like these


global pdox c:/statdata/pdox232e/
global sql c:/statdata/sql232e/


We then reference them in our programs like this:

use ${sql}drugfile, clear

In our system, all folders (directories) are placed in c:\statdata\

To use a different set of directories or files in different locations, 
change the global macro content but always use the same macro name. This 
can be done at the command line or with a simple program

. dversion 231f
Databank version set to 231f

. dversion 232e
Databank version set to 232e




Fred Wolfe



Fred Wolfe
National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases
Wichita, Kansas
Tel (316) 263-2125     Fax (316) 263-0761
fwolfe@arthritis-research.org


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