This is also the case with Unix:
. save ~/mydata.dta
file ~/mydata.dta saved
. save ~/mydata.dta
file ~/mydata.dta saved
. save ~/mydata.dta
file ~/mydata.dta saved
. save ~/mydata.dta
file ~/mydata.dta saved
Dan Blanchette
Applications Analyst Programmer
Carolina Population Center UNC-CH
[email protected]
>From Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]>
>To [email protected]
>Subject st: Bug in -save, replace- (Stata for Linux)?
>Date Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:54:37 +0200
>
>hi all,
>
>Nick Cox recently asks for not using the word "Bug" in the subject. While I
>generally agree, I like to apply for an exemption in this case.
>
>On Stata for Linux I am able to overwrite an existing data-file without
>-replace-. Here are the details.
>
<snip>
>Let me save a datafile ...
>
>+-------------------------------------------------+
>| . save pequiv01 |
>| file ~/pub/kkstata1e/kkstata/pequiv01.dta saved |
>+-------------------------------------------------+
>
>and again:
>
>+-------------------------------------------------+
>| . save pequiv01 |
>| file pequiv01.dta already exists |
>| r(602); |
>+-------------------------------------------------+
<snip>
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