How to avoid changing directory every time?

[Hakimeh Nasiri]

I am using two devices, every time that I want to open the do file that I developed on the other device, I need to change the directory. Using Stata with Dropbox can be problematic for example in terms of synchronizing. Is there any recommendation on how I can avoid changing the cd every time?

[William Lisowski]

Perhaps you can make use of c(hostname) to automate the process with a few additional lines at the top of your do-file.

. display "`c(hostname)'"
MacBook-WL

. if "`c(hostname)'"=="MacBook-WL" local cdto "/Users/lisowskiw/Downloads"

. if "`c(hostname)'"=="iMac-WL" local cdto "/Users/lisowskiw/Research"

. cd "`cdto'"
/Users/lisowskiw/Downloads

.

For more information about accessing the values of Stata system parameters and settings, see the output of the help creturn command.

[Maarten Buis]

That is cool. I usually use the following less cool a low tech solution:

cd "/Users/lisowskiw/Downloads"
*cd "/Users/lisowskiw/Research"

All I need to do when opening a project is uncomment the appropriate command.