The compiled version of SVAR can be run from the command line in the following way:
(s)var [options] [inputfile]
where the inputfile must have the extension var or fig.
Options:
-d DIR, --dir=DIR Directory where Structural VAR is located.
-f, --figure Run Structural VAR in MatLab fig viewing mode (not
necessary if the inputfile has the extension 'fig').
-h, --help, -? Shows help screen and exits.
-r, --run Begin estimation with inputfile (requires a valid
'var' inputfile).
-v, --version Shows current version number and exits.
The MatLab release accepts input just like any other matlab function, i.e. a comma-separated list of input. Note that the order of the input is not important, with the exception of the -d switch, where DIR must follow directly afterwards. When svar is run instead of var there's no need to use the -d switch since svar already includes it.
Examples
Assuming that SVAR's base installation directory is c:\svar, and that you've saved the model file mymodel.var in the directory c:\var-models, consider the following commands for the stand-alone executables var.exe, svar.exe and figeditor.exe:
var Starts up the program.
var -d c:\svar c:\var-models\mymodel.var Starts the program with the model file
"mymodel.var" and uses "var.ini" located
in the directory "c:\svar".
var -r -d c:\svar c:\var-models\mymodel.var Starts the program with the model file
"mymodel.var", uses "var.ini" located in
the directory "c:\svar" and immediately
begins the estimation.
svar -r c:\var-models\mymodel.var Starts the program with the model file
"mymodel.var", uses "var.ini" located in
the same directory as "svar.exe", and
immediately begins the estimation.
var -f -d c:\svar Opens Structural VAR in FigEditor mode
with a file open dialog.
figeditor Does exactly the same as the previous
command.
svar -f And so does this command too.
var -d c:\svar c:\var-models\results\foo.fig Opens SVAR in FigEditor mode
with the MatLab fig file "foo.fig".
NOTE: For the compiled stand-alone release on Windoze I advice you to run Structural and the FigEditor through svar.exe and figeditor.exe. These are most easily accessible by clicking on the corresponding Icons in the Start Menu|Structural VAR program group.