Re: st: transfer installed ados from one computer to another

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

Paolo,

I have used dropbox for this before Cubby.  The difference between the
two is that I purchase a Cubby plan for about $50 a year that includes
100GB of cloud storage.  I use this as a backup for important work
files, but mostly, I pay this price to have the direct-sync feature
which allows me to sync as much data as I want (limited only by my
local storage space) to as many computers as I want.

For example, I keep all of my work files synced on three computers
(laptop, home desktop, and work desktop).  But, I only sync my music
and photography files on my home desktop and laptop.

Unless you want that kind of feature, essentially unlimited synced
files and computers, the free dropbox account will nicely keep your
ado files straight.

Best,
Alan

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Paolo Moncagatta <paoloemiliom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.  It seems like a system like
> Dropbox or Cubby would work nicely, as the optimal solution would be
> to have an .ado library that synchronized automatically from whichever
> computer you used (I have some .ados at home, some others at my
> office, and so, if I just replaced the whole .ado library on one
> computer with another, I would lose some of them).
>
> How have your experiences been, Christopher and Alan? When you have
> time, Christopher, could you go a bit more in detail on how you setup
> the sysprofile.do to direct the PLUS and PERSONAL directories to your
> Dropbox?
>
> Also, Alan, I am not familiar with Cubby. Would it work better than
> Dropbox for this purpose?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Paolo
> paoloemiliom@gmail.com
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Correct.  Stata leaves a record in various stata.trk files (and
>> sometimes others).
>> But copying a block of installed ado files should copy it too.
>>
>> Nick
>> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On 2 December 2013 17:03, Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver
>> <alfonso.statalist@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is something I've wondered in the past. I found that simply copying them across computers to the right directory will make the commands available to the new installation. However, when you run -adoupdate- Stata does not seem to have a list of the installed ado files. So I wonder if there is a file with the list that is updated every time you install an ado that -adoupdate- reads and we ought to copy as well.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver
>>>
>>>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Paolo Moncagatta <paoloemiliom@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> A very simple question: is there any way to transfer the ados I have
>>>> installed on one computer to another one? Or do I have to install them
>>>> one by one in the new computer?
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Paolo
>>>> paoloemiliom@gmail.com
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