st: postfile error

[Jacob Wegelin <jwegelin@vcu.edu>]

I am trying to use post, postfile, etc.  I have copied the following syntax directly from the help file, but it returns an error, as documented below. What am I doing wrong?


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Notes:
      1.  (-set memory-) 10.00 MB allocated to data
      2.  (-set maxvar-) 5000 maximum variables
      3.  New update available; type -update all-

. do "/Users/user/Documents/currentWork/Rstuff/isc_Misc/StataWork/try.do"

. postutil clear

. tempname memhold

. tempfile results

. postfile `memhold' funny str20 using "`results'"
"/var/folders/HR/HRdt7XjbGC4gfgEM2M7yWE+++TM/-Tmp-//S_04578.000001 invalid name
r(198);

end of do-file

r(198);

.

Thanks for any enlightenment

Jake

Jacob A. Wegelin
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Virginia Commonwealth University
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