Same here, using Stata 9/Windows XP/SP2. What's worse, entering -use
aux- or -help aux- hangs Stata. - Pat G.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Salvati, Jean
> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:51 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Error message when trying to save a file named "aux"
>
> Hello,
>
> I tried saving my data in a file named aux.dta.
>
> First, I tried using -save c:\data\aux.dta-, because aux.dta did not
> exist. However, I received the following error message:
>
> file c:\data\aux.dta already exists
> r(602);
>
> Then I tried using -save c:\data\aux.dta, replace-. I received the
> following error message:
>
> save c:\data\aux, replace
> file c:\data\aux.dta cannot be modified or erased; in read-only
> directory
>
> However, my c:\data directory is not read-only, and it does not
contain
> any file named aux.dta.
>
> This happens with Stata 9 as well as 8.2.
>
> Is "aux" a reserved name? Or is this a known bug? I searched the FAQ
but
> didn't find any information about that.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jean Salvati
>
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