cd command not honoured

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hi,

 

I found the following relative path specification in an sps file from 1991 (under 'save outfile'). Even when I add the cd command, the file is still saved under c:\temp. Is that documented behavior?

data list / c (f2).

begin data

1

end data.

cd "d:\".

save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* file is saved in c:\temp, not d:\temp.

 

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
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[Bruce Weaver]

Hi Albert-Jan.  It looks like you are trying to save the file to "d:\\temp\@@@@.sav".  What happens if you remove the leading "\" from the SAVE OUTFILE line?

Cheers,
Bruce

Albert-Jan Roskam wrote

Hi,
 
I found the following relative path specification in an sps file from 1991 (under 'save outfile'). Even when I add the cd command, the file is still saved under c:\temp. Is that documented behavior?
data list / c (f2).
begin data
1
end data.
cd "d:\".
save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* file is saved in c:\temp, not d:\temp.

Regards,
Albert-Jan


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

[Jon K Peck]

That's the way Windows works.  Try it at a DOS prompt.  You are changing the default directory on the d drive, but you are not changing the default drive.

HTH,

Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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From:        Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email]
Date:        08/22/2012 02:38 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] cd command not honoured
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Hi,
 
I found the following relative path specification in an sps file from 1991 (under 'save outfile'). Even when I add the cd command, the file is still saved under c:\temp. Is that documented behavior?
data list / c (f2).
begin data
1
end data.
cd "d:\".
save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* file is saved in c:\temp, not d:\temp.

 
Regards,
Albert-Jan


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Bruce Weaver]

So Albert-Jan needs to use HOST to change the drive, I suppose.

HOST COMMAND=['d:']. /* change drive to D: .
save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* save file to d:\temp.

Jon K Peck wrote

That's the way Windows works.  Try it at a DOS prompt.  You are changing
the default directory on the d drive, but you are not changing the default
drive.

HTH,

Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
[hidden email]
new phone: [phone]




From:   Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]>
To:     [hidden email]
Date:   08/22/2012 02:38 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] cd command not honoured
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>



Hi,

I found the following relative path specification in an sps file from 1991
(under 'save outfile'). Even when I add the cd command, the file is still
saved under c:\temp. Is that documented behavior?
data list / c (f2).
begin data
1
end data.
cd "d:\".
save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* file is saved in c:\temp, not d:\temp.


Regards,
Albert-Jan


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine,
public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for
us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Fleming, Katie (DOT)]

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[Albert-Jan Roskam]

That would be one solution. Another one is

cd "d:\temp".
save outfile "@@@@.sav".

or:

file handle tempdir  /name = "d:/temp.

save outfile "tempdir/@@@@.sav".

 

That old syntax contained yet another, even more confusing way of specifying relative paths I didn't know about.

 

Regards,
Albert-Jan

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

From: Bruce Weaver <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] cd command not honoured

So Albert-Jan needs to use HOST to change the drive, I suppose.

HOST COMMAND=['d:']. /* change drive to D: .
save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* save file to d:\temp.




Jon K Peck wrote

>
> That's the way Windows works.  Try it at a DOS prompt.  You are changing
> the default directory on the d drive, but you are not changing the default
> drive.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
> Senior Software Engineer, IBM
> peck@.ibm
> new phone: [phone]
>
>
>
>
> From:  Albert-Jan Roskam &lt;fomcl@&gt;
> To:    SPSSX-L@.uga
> Date:  08/22/2012 02:38 AM
> Subject:        [SPSSX-L] cd command not honoured
> Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" &lt;SPSSX-L@.uga&gt;
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I found the following relative path specification in an sps file from 1991
> (under 'save outfile'). Even when I add the cd command, the file is still
> saved under c:\temp. Is that documented behavior?
> data list / c (f2).
> begin data
> 1
> end data.
> cd "d:\".
> save outfile "\temp\@@@@.sav". /* file is saved in c:\temp, not d:\temp.
>
>
> Regards,
> Albert-Jan
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine,
> public order, irrigation, roads, a
> fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for
> us?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>

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