Bayesian Econometrics Software

B.1 Directory statements

Directory statements are used to set the working directory for BayES and the installation directories of programs for which BayES provides interfaces. Under Microsoft^® Windows^® systems the directory separator can be either forward slash (/) or a backslash (\). However, BayES functions that return directory names will use forward slash separators, even under Microsoft^® Windows^® systems.


Syntax	Arguments and performed function

setwd(d);	Sets the current working directory to the value provided in d. Speciﬁcation of the working directory allows calling user-deﬁned functions from the directory and loading/saving results without needing to quote full paths. d must be a string d could be absolute (eg. "C:/MyFiles/MyFolder") or relative to the current working directory (eg. "./MyFolder")

d = getwd();	d is a string with value equal to the current working directory. Even under Microsoft^® Windows^®systems the function returns a string that uses forward slash (/) to separate directories

setbinary(<program name>, s);	This function sets the location and name of the executable/binary ﬁle of external programs for which BayES provides interfaces. <program name> must one of the following ids: jags openbugs rproject stata matlab octave s must be a string containing the full absolute path to the respective program’s binary ﬁle, the name of the binary ﬁle and its extension

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