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| From | Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output |
| Date | Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:31:06 +1000 |
Be careful - this depends on the operating system. In Windows -cd- without arguments is the same as -pwd-, but in Mac & Unix -cd- without arguments changes the working directory to the home directory. See -help cd- The safer advice is therefore to use -pwd- here. Phil On 14/08/2013, at 6:54 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > For anyone thinking ??? know that -cd- without arguments saves a > character over -pwd-. > Nick > njcoxstata@gmail.com > > > On 14 August 2013 09:32, Seed, Paul <paul.seed@kcl.ac.uk> wrote: >> A quick and easy to remember way of getting the info into your output is : >> >> ******************* >> cd >> graph export mygraph.pdf >> ******************* >> >> This will take two lines of output to show exactly >> where the graph is stored. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 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 >>> njcoxstata@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On 13 August 2013 16:03, Martin Rune Hansen <martinrunehansen@gmail.com> 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 >> >> * >> * For searches and help try: >> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search >> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ >> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/