On Jul 23, 2004, at 2:33 AM, Debra wrote:
Thanks, but that was just an unfortunate typo in my e-mail. Here's
exactly
the code which failed. Note the input line fails before I even get to
the
save. I've just checked (again) that the files are where I think they
are
(ie, d:\Data\CGSData\owner00r.wb2 does exist.) Sorry for not being
clear
the first time.
******
inputst d:\Data\CGSData\owner00r.wb2
. clear
As other threads on the list have made clear, it is much easier to get
away from these problems by abandoning the DOS \ in favor of the more
common /. That is, Stata will properly interpret
d:/data/cgsdata/ownerr00r.wb2
even if it is running on a DOS platform, and using forward slashes
removes the confusion with local macros. This has the added advantage
that it is much easier to write platform-independent code, since every
other OS supported by Stata will understand a filename containing
forward slashes. So when you see the light and set up that Intel box to
boot into Linux instead...
Kit
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