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Re: Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output


From   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output
Date   Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:40:32 +0000

Thank you all for your help. I had been looking for a solution for quite some time.

Regards, Martin Rune Hansen

-----Oprindelig meddel.-----
Fra: Phil Clayton
Sendt:  14-08-2013 12:31:06
Emne:  Re: st: Forcing absolute file paths in output

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 <[email protected]> wrote:

> For anyone thinking ??? know that -cd- without arguments saves a
> character over -pwd-.
> Nick
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> On 14 August 2013 09:32, Seed, Paul <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>>> [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
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