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{*! 17Jan2008}{...}
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{* 06Nov2003}{...}
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{hline}
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help for {hi:shortdir} {right:manual: {hi:[R] none}}
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{right:dialog: {hi: none} }
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{title:Returns the short directory name in `r(shortdir)'}
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{p 8 17 2}{cmd:shortdir}
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{it:using}{it:"directory path"}
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[{cmd:,} {cmdab:sh:ort}]{p_end}
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{title:Description}
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{p 4 4 2}{cmd:shortdir} is designed for programmers using Stata on the Windows
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operating system who want to know what the short directory
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name (a.k.a. "8.3" name) that DOS names a directory when it contains spaces in the name or
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has more than 8 characters in the name. This command only works in Windows because it
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shells out to a DOS prompt in order to get the short directory name that Windows came
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up with. The formula "Take the first 6 non-space characters and add '~1'" to the directory
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name does not reliably work in all situations.{p_end}
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{title:Examples}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:shortdir "c:\Documents and Settings\dan\Local Settings\temp"}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}returns in {cmd:r(shortdir)}:{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:"c:\Docume~1\dan\LocalS~1\temp"}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:shortdir "c:\Documents and Settings\dan_blanchette\Local Settings\temp"}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}returns in {cmd:r(shortdir)}:{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:"c:\Docume~1\dan_blanchette\LocalS~1\temp"}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}since "dan_blanchette" has no spaces in the name.{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:shortdir "c:\Documents and Settings\dan_blanchette\Local Settings\temp", short}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}returns in {cmd:r(shortdir)}:{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}{cmd:"c:\Docume~1\dan_bl~1\LocalS~1\temp"}{p_end}
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{p 4 8 2}since "dan_blanchette" is longer than 8 characters.{p_end}
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{title:Saved Results}
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{p 4 4 2}The {cmd:shortdir} command saves in {cmd:r()}:{p_end}
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{synoptset 20 tabbed}{...}
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{p2col 5 20 24 2: Macros}{p_end}
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{synopt:{cmd:{cmd:r(shortdir)}}the directory path.{p_end}
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{title:Author}
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{p 4 4 2}
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Dan Blanchette {break}
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Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation {break}
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Duke University's Fuqua School of Business {break}
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Dan.Blanchette@Duke.edu{p_end}
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{title:Also see}
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{p 4 13 2}On-line: {help tempfile} {help _getfilename} ,
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{help confirmdir} (if installed)
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{help tmpdir} (if installed){p_end}
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