Date:         Sat, 21 Apr 2001 07:38:50 +0100
Reply-To:     Davidl@sdresearch.com
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         David Lindsay <spss@SDRESEARCH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lib name type command?
Comments: To: William Dudley <william.dudley@NURS.UTAH.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <sae02995.089@nwgnameserver.nurs.utah.edu>

On 20 Apr 2001, at 12:20, William Dudley wrote:

> I am working iwth a large number of files which I get and save in various formats (so I have lots of get and save commands).  I would like for my syntax to be as transportable as possible (so as to be used by co-workers who have differently named folders and diferntly named drives).  Is there a
way to define the path name at the top of the syntax like I can in SAS with lib name so I do not have to customize the path names for each user?
>
Hi Bill,

Try this:

*Firstly define !path.

DEFINE !path()
'f:\DATA\SPSS\nfoods\nf9043\'
!ENDDEFINE.

*and use it like this.

SAVE OUTFILE=!path + 'hotprdm_comb.sav'    /COMPRESSED  .
GET FILE    =!path + 'hotprdm_comb.sav'.
EXECUTE .


Regards,


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