st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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-cd-ing beforehand help as well:


*************
clear*
cd C:\
webuse auto, clear
save "myauto.dta", replace
dir *dta
!ren "myauto.dta"  "yourauto.dta"
dir *dta
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HTH
Martin


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Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2010 16:21
An: Stata List
Betreff: st: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work

Dear stata list,

Following Nick's guidelines in
 http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-05/msg00254.html 
I tried to rename dta files from within stata but it didn't work. Here is
what I tried:

webuse auto
save "D:\myauto.dta", replace
! rename "D:\myauto.dta"  "D:\yourauto.dta"

All that happens is, a small window flashes in and then back out in a split
of a second. When I go to Windows explorer and look at the D/ folder, I
still find myauto there, not yourauto. I refreshed the windows explorer, and
also closed and opened it again, but it's still myauto. By way of
information, my operating system is Windows XP Professional, and I'm using
Stata 11. I tried the above also with -shell rename- instead of -! rename-,
but the same thing happens. What could be the problem?

Thanks,
Hewan



      
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