Fred Wolfe <[email protected]> writes
> I used -zipfile- for the first time and obtained an error with the first
> syntax. Stata usually lets one use "save,replace" even if the file does not
> exist. So the behavior below was unexpected and kind of a nuisance. And it is
> contrary to the help file.
>
> . zipfile eq5d2.dta, saving(eq5d2,replace)
> option saving() misspecified
> r(198);
>
> . zipfile eq5d2.dta, saving(eq5d2)
> adding: eq5d2.dta
> successfully zipped eq5d2.zip
As Martin Weiss <[email protected]> points out, this is a bug
in the way the -zipfile- command is parsing the -saving()-
option. It will be fixed in the next Stata ado update.
Kevin Crow
StataCorp
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