SHORTDIR: Stata module to return the short Windows directory path name

Dan Blanchette ()
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Dan Blanchette: The Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: shortdir is designed for programmers who want to know what the short directory name (a.k.a. "8.3" name) that DOS names a directory when it contains spaces in the name or has more than 8 characters in the name. This command only works in Windows because it shells out to a DOS prompt in order to get the short directory name that Windows came up with. The formula "Take the first 6 non-space characters and add '~1'" to the directory name does not reliably work in all situations.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0 for Windows
Keywords: 8.3; directory; short (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10-09, Revised 2011-02-26
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install shortdir". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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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)

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