No real insight here as I use Stata under an alternative OS, but it
might help if you open a log-file within your do-file so that you can
see how far your analysis is getting.
On 12/20/06, Bednar, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm unable to successfully run a batch file in Windows XP following this
link: http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/batch.html.
This is frustrating because the batch file runs perfectly when I have a
Stata session open and run it from the command line.
First, I cd to the directory where Stata9 is installed: C:\Program
Files\Stata9\. Next I type wstata /e do c:\data\outstata7.do. I see
the Stata command window appear, vanish, and the Windows command line
appears indicating the batch is complete. However, the batch doesn't
execute.
I've tried cd'ing to where the batch file resides (C:\data) and have
typed:
"C:\Program Files\Stata9\" wstata /e do c:\data\outstata7.do. The
results are the same as the prior paragraph.
The above link requires the user to enter the command after clicking the
Start button and selecting "Run". This hasn't worked either because if
I enter the following in the text box: C:\Program Files\Stata9\wstata /e
do c:\data\outstata7.do Windows gives an error saying it can't find
C:\Program. If I leave off the install directory path, Windows gives an
error that it can't find wstata.
I suspect that using quotes around file-paths with spaces in (as you
did in the first example) would probably help resolve the "Can't find"
problem.
Neil
Any insight is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul
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