Re: st: Re: Cannot write in directory

[Constantine Daskalakis <C_Daskalakis@mail.jci.tju.edu>]

Thanks to Laurel Copeland and Alan Riley for suggestions on my troubles 
getting add-ons installed through SSC. Most of those suggestions we had 
already tried; but we still fiddled with permissions for a couple of days 
without success.

Regarding permissions by the way, here's something tricky that I learned:
What you see on the properties sheet on a directory only allows you to set 
the RO attribute on *files* and has no bearing on the current state of any 
RO attribute anywhere in the system (and that seems silly but that's how it 
is). Explorer can not alter the RO attribute byte on a directory. To 
actually alter the RO attribute, you have to use the attrib command 
(through START-->RUN-->CMD).

Still, that did not solve my problems.

So, if all else fails, start over. I uninstalled my Stata, deleted all 
relevant directories and started from scratch. And now I do not have the 
problem any more. Weird.

All's well that ends well (even if we don't always understand the 
mysterious ways of nature -- or, of machines).

CD


The documents accompanying this transmission may contain confidential 
health or business information. This information is intended for the use of 
the individual or entity named above. If you have received this information 
in error, please notify the sender immediately and arrange for the return 
or destruction of these 
documents.________________________________________________________________

Constantine Daskalakis, ScD
Assistant Professor,
Biostatistics Section, Thomas Jefferson University,
211 S. 9th St. #602, Philadelphia, PA 19107
   Tel: 215-955-5695
   Fax: 215-503-3804
   Email: c_daskalakis@mail.jci.tju.edu
   Webpage: http://www.jefferson.edu/medicine/pharmacology/bio/  
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/