Re: [Gretl-users] Question concerning paths to files

On Thu, 3 Oct 2013, Pindar wrote: > I have some problems with gretl (snapshop on windows 8) automatically adding > its 'shelldir' to a file path: > > <hansl> > eval shelldir > open abdata.gdt > list xList = YEAR IND CAP > store "testme.csv" --csv xList # writes file in > 'shelldir' -> ok > string readme = readfile("testme2.csv") # reads file in 'shelldir' -> ok Not OK surely. There's no file "testme2.csv", is there?

> print readme > open "testme.csv" # *fails *to read > file in 'shelldir' ->*why?* > string file = shelldir > file +="\testme.csv" > open @file # works > <hansl> With the filename fixed, the script works here. I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you, but I've now tweaked something in the "open" code which might make a difference (CVS and snapshots). Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users