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Re: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work
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Hewan Belay <[email protected]>
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Re: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work
Date
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:51:35 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Martin and Nick,
Thanks for your ideas. Indeed, it works when I include only the filename in the second term, i.e. when instead of
! rename "D:\myauto.dta" "D:\yourauto.dta"
I use
! rename "D:\myauto.dta" yourauto.dta"
Best,
Hewan
--- On Fri, 4/16/10, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Martin Weiss <[email protected]>
> Subject: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 2:44 PM
>
> <>
>
> -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
> *************
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]]
> Im Auftrag von Hewan Belay
> 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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