If you have done this once, you may have
done it at other times. I don't think
there is any simple and infallible way
of distinguishing user-written files
from official ones. So your simplest
option may be re-installing and re-updating
official Stata.
Nick
[email protected]
Herve STOLOWY
> Thank you for your suggestion. I was not aware of that at
> all. I will reorganize my folders and my use of Stata.
>
> Concerning the fitstat problem, this is what I did:
>
> ado uninstall spost9_ado, from("c:\ado\plus\")
> ado uninstall spost9_ado, from("C:\Program Files\Stata9\ado\updates\")
>
> net install spost9_ado, from (http://www.indiana.edu/~jslsoc/stata).
>
> Previously, I had uninstalled the spostado (for Stata 8).
>
> When I search for fitstat in my hard drive, the only file I
> find is located in the right folder (c:\ado\plus).
>
> Nevertheless, -fitstat- still does not work after -ologit-.
>
> If I don't bother you, could you tell me how to follow your
> advice: "I would try to expurge all instances of the 'spost'
> stuff from your
> machine, including manually removing user-written items from
> the official Stata directories, and then start over with net
> install"?
>
> How could I identify the remaining "spost" stuff? How can I
> identify a user-written ado-file from an official update
> ado-file in my Official Stata 9 updates directory?
>
> Sorry again but I have been using Stata for two years and did
> not consider these issues enough seriously before my
> "fitstat" problem.
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