[Gretl-users] Gretl export/import from Stata

There is an error with Gretl when I try to replicate the example from the Gretl User's Guide (pg 334) : ######SCRIPT OUTPUT############ gretl version 2016d-git Current session: 2016-11-20 18:07 ? clear ? function matrix stata_reorder (matrix se) ? open data4-1 Read datafile /usr/local/share/gretl/data/data4-1.gdt periodicity: 1, maxobs: 14 observations range: 1 to 14 Listing 5 variables: 0) const 1) price 2) sqft 3) bedrms 4) baths ? ols 1 0 2 3 --cluster=bedrms --quiet ? matrix se = $stderr Generated matrix se ? foreign language=stata --send-data ? regress price sqft bedrms, vce(cluster bedrms) ? matrix vcv = e(V) ? gretl_export vcv "vcv.mat" ? end foreign ? matrix stata_vcv = mread("vcv.mat", 1) */home/acer/.gretl/vcv.mat: No such file or directory* Error executing script: halting ####################################### - the dot director exist ##########GRETL DIRECTOR############ acer@acer:~$ cd .gretl/ acer@acer:~/.gretl$ pwd /home/acer/.gretl acer@acer:~/.gretl$ ls compon.csv gpttmp.kRPJQj gretltmp.jl script_tmp.08tBiL script_tmp.fH2c3x script_tmp.lmwIi7 script_tmp.SDu1uC showtmp.gp doc gpttmp.vNWs9T gretltmp.png.bounds script_tmp.0qxCKH script_tmp.FiodQ2 script_tmp.mdGpfs script_tmp.T5lpwP stata.csv functions gpttmp.w6tnhh jl_b.mat script_tmp.4sXxvr script_tmp.FuYyq5 script_tmp.MnzzyQ script_tmp.ubbdKr tramo gpttmp.A309zn gretl_export.ado open-4632 script_tmp.aQ8Mia script_tmp.GJfKGn script_tmp.NhnoKm script_tmp.vT5Noz vars.mat gpttmp.AfY5zF gretl_io.jl prntmp.nrWysK script_tmp.bcxUDI script_tmp.HF9rLR script_tmp.njfZCT script_tmp.wAsoT6 x12arima gpttmp.aLCHiG gretl.pid prntmp.Qhvpyb script_tmp.CNWdT6 script_tmp.hTxWvo script_tmp.nmD6ly script_tmp.wbzhn8 X.mat gpttmp.dKmY6T gretl.Rprofile Rdata.tmp script_tmp.DsZbBC script_tmp.Ja8fPT script_tmp.QipqMD script_tmp.xu34j4 y.mat gpttmp.HubTrr gretltmp.do Rsrc script_tmp.e7FExz script_tmp.KcvwOr script_tmp.sdgSMS script_tmp.zwfFsk acer@acer:~/.gretl$ ################################################ In the case that I run the script (gretl_export)from http://lists.wfu.edu/pipermail/gretl-devel/2013-April/004417.html in Stata the matrix is saved in the user director /home/acer. This is on the same Ubuntu 14.04. Mihai