Re: st: Get actual file name

[Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Renger van Nieuwkoop wrote:
> Is it possible to get the actual file name in Stata. I want to use this information to automatically name my log file? (so I can use this for every other file over and over again)
> E.g. something like:
> - Get actual file name   (for example : test.do), save it in a local macro "actual"
> - log using "actual"

Which file is the "actual" file? The data file, the do-file, the
master do-file that calls the do-file, the intermediate do-file that
is called by the master do-file and calls another do-file, etc.?

I would just define a global macro in the master do-file that defines
"the name" for your project (call it something like proj_name) and
derive the names for log file from that global (e.g.
${proj_name}_dataprep, ${proj_name}_descrip, ${proj_name}_analysis,
etc.).

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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