Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
FEIVESON, ALAN H.
> Hello - In Stata 7, I tried to use the "dir" command with various
> combinations of letters - can someone please explain these results?
>
> Does this also happen in Stata 8?
>
> . dir sat*
> 1.4k 8/03/99 8:40 satish.ado
> 4.1k 6/27/97 7:29 satish.dta
> 40.1k 8/20/01 15:21 satish1_aug01.dta
> 0.4k 8/05/99 15:17 satish2.do
> 40.1k 8/21/01 11:41 satish2_aug01.dta
> 40.1k 8/21/01 14:24 satish3_aug01.dta
> 40.1k 8/24/01 11:48 satish4_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/23/01 15:28 satish5_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/24/01 9:23 satish6_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/24/01 11:44 satish7_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/24/01 14:26 satish8_aug01.dta
> 4.6k 9/13/00 7:54 satish_091300.dta
> 115.1k 8/21/01 14:24 satish_aug01.dta
> 2.6k 12/17/02 7:17 satish_coll_121602.dta
> 5.4k 12/17/02 7:20 satish_long_121602.dta
> 0.1k 8/24/01 14:47 satish_powsum.do
> 2.7k 12/16/02 15:26 satish_wide_121602.dta
>
> . dir saf*
> 40.1k 8/21/01 11:41 satish2_aug01.dta
> 40.1k 8/24/01 11:48 satish4_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/24/01 9:23 satish6_aug01.dta
> 57.6k 8/24/01 14:26 satish8_aug01.dta
>
> . dir sag*
> file not found
>
On the evidence here the second is clearly
wrong, or at least puzzling, while the others are
not obviously incorrect. All I can say is that saving
a data file in Stata 8.1 as -satish2_aug01.dta-
followed by -dir saf*- could not reproduce this.
I suggest sending a log with -about- and the results of
!dir
dir
to tech support.
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