Stata directory (18)

Donald M. Lyall

Hi folks,

I am having trouble establishing the correct directory for Stata 18. 

when I run “cd” for Stata's current working directory

I get: 

> /home/dnanexus

However I can't move paths including to my *actual* working directory with csv/dta files. I don't have any map of where my personal folder is in the system. Copying the path from one of my folders in the project doesn't work. 

Has anyone gotten around this? 
Thank you.

 

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    Catherine C Data Analyst The helpers that keep the community running smoothly. UKB Community team

    Hello Donald,

    Have you worked through the DNAnexus documentation on using STATA on the RAP, which provides examples of accessing data files within your project? (see subheading 'Working with Project Files'):

    https://documentation.dnanexus.com/user/jupyter-notebooks/stata-in-dxjupyterlab

    For example, if you want to load a .dta file into your Stata notebook use:

    use /mnt/project/<path>/data_in.dta

    replacing <path> with the path within your project if you use subfolders, and 'data_in' with the name of your .dta file

    Or, if you're wanting to read in a .csv file:

    import delimited /mnt/project/<path>/data_in.csv

    I'm not sure if you can change the working directory when running STATA through JupyterLab, but specifying these pathways each time should work.

    I hope that helps.

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    Donald M. Lyall

    Hi Catherine,

    Thank you for your help - that's great. The DNANexus documentation on Stata was great - apologies for missing that.

    Best wishes,

    Donald.

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