Perhaps you can this by indirection:
--------------------- mydo.do
log using `1'
di "`2'"
do `2'
---------------------
Thus
mydo mylog.txt example.do
is interpreted as
log using mylog.txt
di "example.do"
do example.do
Use " " to bind filenames with spaces.
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Eddy
> Sent: 22 July 2004 12:34
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: RE: DO file name macro
>
>
> Nick Cox wrote:
>
> > I don't know of any such built-in,
> > but I must be missing something. It
> > is surely about as much typing to do the
> > specific
>
> > di "example.do"
>
> > as to do this by some general code,
> > even if that existed.
>
> Oh, thanks for the nice trick. Seriously, my specific need is due to
> the fact that I usually have a set of similar DO files that do
> similar work, and it will save time and unnecessary hassle if such a
> macro exists -- too bad it doesn't.
>
> Eddy
>
>
> > Eddy
>
> >> Is there a built-in macro that register the name of the DO file
> that
> >> is currently running? I wish to use it to print the file name to
> the
> >> session log, so that when I looked at the log next time, I'll know
> >> which DO file was used to generate the results.
> >>
> >> That is, what I need is something like the (bogus) $FileName macro
> in
> >> the following example, which should take the value of "example.do"
> >> (with or without file path). Thus, when I open mylog.txt months
> >> later, I'll know it is the result of running example.do.
> >>
> >> ====== example.do ==========
> >> capture log close
> >> log using mylog.txt
> >>
> >> di "$FileName"
> >>
> >> .......
> >>
> >> ============================
> >>
> >> Forgive my ignorance if the question has been asked before -- I
> >> searched but couldn't find the answer.
>
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