Hi Listers
Quetion
I would like to write a small program to be run each midnight or weekly
on a network-server with stata.
I would like the program to update stata
if the update is timed out etc, I would like it to retry a specified
number of times, and when the update is succesful run -update swap-
and when the update quntinuous to fail I would like an error in a log or
somthing.
Look this would be very smart! :-)
However I cant fiugre out how to get hold on the right locals at the right
steps in the procedure. Can anyone of the more skilled members tell me?
A first draft of smart_update.do could be
/* Check for updates */
qui update query
local adoinst = r(inst_ado)
local adoavbl = r(avbl_ado)
local exeinst = r(inst_exe)
local exeavbl = r(avbl_exe)
if `adoinst' != `adoavbl' | `exeinst'!=`exeavbl' {
while ..... {
update all
....
}
if `exeinst'!=`exeavbl' & [update were succesful] {
update swap
}
if [update were NOT succesful] {
di "unsuccesfull update"
}
}
else {
di "no updates needed"
}
Kind regard
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