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This is not correct Unix syntax (and it does not work on Mac OS X). You cannot include plus signs in a cp command.
bcvpn13:code baum$ cp one.file+two.file+three.files allfiles2
cp: one.file+two.file+three.files: No such file or directory
A common way to do what you are trying to do is
bcvpn13:code baum$ cat one.file two.file three.file > allfiles
'cat' is short for 'concatenate', which implies the desired appending behavior. This will work on all non-Windows OS supported by Stata.
On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Eric wrote:
> if "`c(os)'" == "MacOSX" {
> !cp "`top'"+"`using'"+"`bottom'" "`c(sysdir_personal)'dotemp.ado" -R
> *( you'd need to explore the help file for "cp" to see if it could append the files first)
> }
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