Re: st: Identify computer on which Stata is running

[Alan Neustadtl <alan.neustadtl@gmail.com>]

On three computers I use the following:

capture cd C:\Users\user1\Documents\stata_project_home
capture cd C:\Users\user1\Documents\stata_project_office
capture cd C:\Users\user1\Documents\stata_project_laptop

Three computer, three different directories.

Best,
Alan


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Glenn Hoetker <Glenn.Hoetker@asu.edu> wrote:
> I've struggled with this too.  My solution has been to use relative directories in my do files and set the working directory from the Stata command line before running them.
>
> That way, I can refer to ../data or ../graphs in my code and it will always end up in the right place.
>
> Won't work for everyone but it might be useful for some.
>
> Glenn Hoetker
> Arizona State University | W. P. Carey School of Business
> Dean's Council Distinguished Scholar & Associate Professor
> Affiliate Professor   Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law
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>
>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 8:26 AM, "Chamara Anuranga" <kcanuranga@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It may be useful to give example. There is way of access some system
>> and computer properties base on creturn command. such as
>> dis "`c(username)'"
>> dis "`c(machine_type)'"
>> dis "`c(os)'"
>>
>> These command also may helpful as Jeph pointed out. I have done a
>> program called expl (you can download using ssc install expl) with
>> help to create clickable link to open folders or files. I used loop
>> command to change the directory base on operation system.
>>
>> Chamara
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Jeph Herrin <stata@spandrel.net> wrote:
>>> There is a Stata macro functin -env- which returns environment variables. If
>>> your OS is Windows, you should be able to access the computer name via the
>>> environmental variable %COMPUTERNAME%. For other OSes, there should be
>>> something similar.
>>>
>>> hth,
>>> Jeph
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>>> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Chamara Anuranga
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:42 AM
>>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>>> Subject: Fwd: st: Identify computer on which Stata is running
>>>
>>> Dear Stefan,
>>>
>>> Following command may useful
>>>
>>> local folder: dir . dirs "*",respectcase foreach comname of local folder {
>>> dis "`comname'"
>>> cd "`comname'"
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> What you have to do is first change the directory to C:Users as it always in
>>> same path cd "C:\Users\"
>>>
>>> I think in this location you have only one folder which is the computer
>>> name. If you have more than one you have to use if condition.
>>> It may be possible as length of the computers name  are 4 and last three are
>>> numbers.
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Chamara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Stefan Pichler
>>> <stefan__pichler@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Statalisters,
>>>>
>>>> I am running Stata on different PC's. Is there a way that Stata knows from
>>> which PC it is running and changes the directory accordingly. To be more
>>> specific I would like to to the following:
>>>>
>>>> if currentPC==PC1 {
>>>> cd "C:\Users\a123"
>>>> }
>>>> if currentPC==PC2 {
>>>> cd "C:\Users\b456"
>>>> }
>>>> if currentPC==PC3 {
>>>> cd "C:\Users\c789"
>>>> }
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> where Stata should find out which PC I am using and set the right
>>> directory.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
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