Apologies if this is a repeat, the first one doesn't seem to have gone through.
Hi all,
I'm trying to write code to download a bunch of files from a website to disk. I am encountering two problems, however:
1. The files have a specific URL (e.g. http://www.nemweb.com.au/REPORTS/ARCHIVE/DispatchIS_Reports/PUBLIC_DISPATCHIS_20051217.ZIP)
2. The files are .zip files that have csvs within them.
I'm not sure how to tell Stata to download the files to disk and then to unzip them since -webuse- tries to load the file straight into Stata so I don't think that will work. The URLS differ only in the date ("20051217"), for which I can write code no problem, it's just the downloading part that has me stuck.
I suspect I might have to use -shell- to break into Windows' command prompt but I can't find any commands to issue to download the zip files (I remember seeing some commands to unzip stuff, so the first step is the crucial one).
Has anyone come across this problem and/or solution before? I'd appreciate any help.
Many thanks,
Rodrigo
Rodrigo Martell
<http://www.frontier-economics.com>
Frontier Economics Pty. Ltd.
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Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
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