WHEREIS: Stata module to keep track of ancillary programs and files

German Rodriguez ()
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German Rodriguez: Princeton University

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Stata programs that use external programs or files that are not in the ado path, for example the pandoc document converter, need to know the location of the resource. The -whereis- command helps users and developers alike by maintaining a directory of programs, files and folders. The user stores the full path to the resource by typing in Stata -whereis name location- using a unique name and the full path. A program that needs the resource calls -whereis name- and retrieves the location from a macro -r(name)- named after the resource. An advantage over the alternative of storing resource locations in global macros in profile.do is that -whereis- checks that the file or folder exists at the specified location. For more information, including tips for users and notes for developers, see the help file or visit https://data.princeton.edu/stata/whereis.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 14
Keywords: programming; ancillary programs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-09, Revised 2020-02-28
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install whereis". 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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