Re: st: Obtaining the date of a text file

["David Doody" <doody.david@gmail.com>]

On 1/3/07, Sebastian F. Büchte <sfbuechte@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/3/07, David Doody <doody.david@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to obtain the date of a text file.  Actually, I need to
> > compare the dates of two text files to confirm that one is newer than
> > the other before I run a program.  I'll be doing this for hundreds of
> > subdirectories, so automating would be very useful.  I know Stata can
> > obtain the contents of a directory (using an extended macro function)
> > but all I've been able to get from that are file names and directory
> > names.  Am I missing something with that function, or is there another
> > easy way to obtain this information?  Thanks for any insights!
> >
>
> Dave,
>
> there exists a program called -dirlist- which was written by Morten
> Andersen. This program returns not only filenames but also other file
> information. Try -ssc describe dirlist- from within Stata to learn
> more about its functions. To install the programm you can enter -ssc
> install dirlist- in the command window of Stata.
Thank you so much!!  I was able to incorporate this command into my
program and complete the task.  Much appreciated.

Dave

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