The extended macro function dir will make Stata run whatever files it finds in a given directory. You don't have to enumerate those files. Sometimes that is useful. Say you start out with a simple idea, like running an OLS regression. And say your dependent variable and some of the regressors are in one file, [...]

If you right-click on a do-file under Windows XP, you can either open it or edit it. Opening it means that Stata will launch and attempt to execute it. The editing, by default, will also trigger a Stata launch, under the assumption that you want to edit the do-file inside Stata's own do-file editor. That [...]

My home server runs FreeBSD 7.0. I administer it from my Windows XP laptop, in the air-conditioned comfort of my home office, over wi-fi. The server runs OpenSSH. The laptop runs PuTTY. I wanted the added security of using SSH key files instead of password authentication. Google and the helpful bunch at the PC-BSD Forum [...]