Statscraft 0.7.0, release v0.7.0

FILE HANDLE

Give a file or a folder a short name to use in place of its path.

Syntax

FILE HANDLE handle /NAME='path' [/MODE=CHARACTER] [/ENCODING='name'] [/RECFORM=...]
            [/LRECL=n].
Every command that takes a file (GET, SAVE, DATA LIST, GET DATA, MATCH FILES, ADD FILES,
APPLY DICTIONARY, AGGREGATE OUTFILE, INSERT, INCLUDE, CD) takes the handle in place of the
path, quoted or not; 'handle/name.sav' starts from the path of a folder handle. A dataset
of the same name comes before a handle. A relative NAME starts from the folder of the last
CD. ENCODING is the encoding of a text file read through the handle, when the command gives
none. RECFORM and LRECL are ignored with a warning; MODE other than CHARACTER (binary and
EBCDIC files) is refused. Handles last for the session.

Example

FILE HANDLE wave2 /NAME='data/2026/wave2.sav'.
GET FILE=wave2.

statscraft help FILE HANDLE prints the same text in the terminal. All commands