Despite the odd appearance of the resulting paths, the following works in my profile.do:
local sysdir: di c(sysdir_stata)
sysdir set PLUS "`sysdir'ado/plus/"
sysdir set PERSONAL "`sysdir'ado/personal/"
sysdir set OLDPLACE "`sysdir'ado/oldplace/"
thanks again
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Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:53 PM
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I cannot claim prescience, though. Pure coincidence, I am afraid :-)
HTH
Martin
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Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 22:44
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You pre-answered my subsequent question.
Amazing.
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Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:38 PM
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You are more than welcome! I recommend you browse through
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help creturn, mark(directories)
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and pay close attention to the issue with -c(dirsep)-. Could save you countless hours :-)
HTH
Martin
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Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 22:23
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Martin - thanks a bunch. I *knew* it had to be possible.
George
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di c(sysdir_stata)
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HTH
Martin
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Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 05:33
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Subject: st: global macro for system directory?
I recently reinstalled stata 10 on my computer with a new os (windows 7). On my old computer, I had installed in "c:\program files\stata". On the new computer, it was in "c:\program files\stata10" by default. I had previously written a bunch of ado and do files for data and log file manipulation that referenced hardcoded directories under "c:\ptogram files\stata".
I know that the sysdir command will reveal the STATA directory to be the install directory. Is there a way to retrieve that into a macro or tempvar that I can then reference from a do or ado file?
Yes, it would all work fine if I just renamed my stata install dir - but I'd rather not hardcode if possible.
Thanks,
George Hoffman
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