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st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?
Date   Sat, 9 Jan 2010 23:09:38 +0100

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Note this detour with the -local- is quite unnecessary:


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local sysdir: di c(sysdir_stata)
di		"`sysdir'ado/plus/"

//easier way for the same result
di "`c(sysdir_stata)'ado/plus/"
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HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoffman, George
Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 23:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?

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

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?


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I cannot claim prescience, though. Pure coincidence, I am afraid :-)


HTH
Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoffman, George
Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 22:44
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?

You pre-answered my subsequent question.
Amazing.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?


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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


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoffman, George
Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 22:23
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: global macro for system directory?

Martin - thanks a bunch. I *knew* it had to be possible.
George


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: global macro for system directory?


<>

*******
di  c(sysdir_stata)
*******


HTH
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoffman, George
Sent: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 05:33
To: [email protected]
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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