Fredrik Wallenberg wrote:
Would it be possible to write a package that could check for updates
of my installed ado files (the ones installed from ssc). I'm sure I'm
not the only one that simply types -update all- every now and then and
would love to do the same from user created packages.
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I've got the following do-file for this in my Stata directory, and a pointer
to it tied to a function button in my profile.ado file. I'm not sure why I
didn't make it an ado-file and place it in my personal ado directory. In
too much of a hurry, I guess.
I believe that, even if a lot of people run it often, it wouldn't put an
undue load on the SSC server . . .
Joseph Coveney
---------updater.do---------
clear
set more off
quietly ssc whatsnew
insheet using ssc_results.smcl
drop if substr(v1, 1, 1) == "{"
split v1, generate(stub) parse(":")
drop if substr(stub3, -1, 1) != "}"
replace stub3 = lower(subinstr(stub3, "}", "", .))
levels stub3
foreach package in `r(levels)' {
capture noisily ssc install `package'.pkg
if _rc == 602 {
capture noisily ssc install `package'.pkg, replace
}
}
clear
erase ssc_results.smcl
exit
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profile.ado has the following lines in it:
global F4 "update query;"
global F5 "ssc whatsnew;"
global F6 "myfindit "
global F7 "do C:\Progra~1\Stata\updater;"
In case you're curious, myfindit.ado is in the personal directory. It's
just a wrapper to perform -findit- like I want it done:
------------myfindit.ado----------------
program define myfindit
version 8.1
syntax anything
set more off
findit_7 "`anything'", noview
set more on
end
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