TMPDIR: Stata module to indicate the directory Stata is using for a temporary directory

Dan Blanchette ()
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Dan Blanchette: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: tmpdir is designed for programmers who want to know what directory Stata writes temp files to. This can be helpful when using the file command to write intermediary files for a program. Since spaces in directory names can cause problems for programs running in Windows operating system, tmpdir replaces directory / subdirectory names that contain spaces, or optionally any name longer than 8 characters, with the first 6 non-space characters plus "~1" or "~2" (up to "~4"). After that it gets a bit crazy with hexadecimal replacements. Tmpdir shells out to DOS and finds the short directory name that DOS has come up with, so there's no attempt to guess the short name. This makes it possible to use this program on many different versions of Windows and always get the short name right. Tmpdir works on all operating systems.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: tempdir; directory; temporary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10-09
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install tmpdir". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/tmpdir.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/tmpdir.hlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/shortdir.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/shortdir.hlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/confirmdir.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/confirmdir.hlp help file (text/plain)

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