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Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output
Date
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:13:39 +0100
I think the short answer is No.
But you could always spell out the full path within your command.
I guess you don't want to do that, but the only alternative I can
think of is writing a program to emit a local macro that cuts down on
typing.
Nick
[email protected]
On 13 August 2013 16:03, Martin Rune Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> Is there a way to force Stata to always write abolute file paths in
> the output panel? For exsample, if I export a graph I want Stata to
> output
>
> (file C:\Users\myuser\Documents\Graph.pdf written in PDF format)
>
> instead of
>
> (file Graph.pdf written in PDF format)
>
> I realize that I can make Stat write the full path if I myself specify
> an absolute path, but that is not what I am after. I want to be able
> to type commands using relative paths and have Stata respond with the
> absolute path. Is this possible? Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Martin Hansen
> Department of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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