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RE: st: Windows batch mode not working
I created a batch file containing the two lines below:
cd c:\data
C:\Progra~1\Stata9\wstata.exe do somedofile.do
and in the .do file, I have as the last line:
exit, clear STATA
and it works for me. Dunno if my progra~1 instead of quotation marks
around program files does anything, but seems to avoid one layer of
possible complications. Also when I use the /e or /b switches, I get
errors. But w/out them it works, so try it without those switches.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Shephard
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Windows batch mode not working
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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