Re: st: RE: RE: IPUMS data open issue

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I am guessing but it appears that this file is in part of Gabi's hard
drive devoted to her own files, so if she did not have read access to
it that would be rather peculiar.

Nick

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Phil Clayton
<philclayton@internode.on.net> wrote:
> One other possibility is that the file exists but you don't have permission to read it.
>
> For example (and this is from a Mac, it might be different in Windows), I tried creating a text file that I didn't have permission to read and got the following:
>
> . ls *.txt
>
> -r--------  1 root  staff  7168 Feb 16 23:15 myfile.txt
>
> . type myfile.txt
> file myfile.txt not found
> r(601);
>
> Phil
>
> On 17/02/2012, at 7:10 AM, Nick Cox wrote:
>
>> You can settle this easily. If the file exists, then
>>
>> . type C:\Users\Gabi\Desktop\dissertation\usa_00001.dat
>>
>> in Stata will type the file out. If the file exists, and there is some
>> problem with reading it, then I think we have to see what the file
>> looks like inside.
>>
>> Despite your confidence, the message you reproduce implies that Stata
>> can't find the file, and not that it can find the file but can't read
>> it because your -infix- instructions are wrong. If that is wrong, then
>> we still need to see what is inside the file to give advice.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Ferro,Gabrielle A
>> <hunny215@mail.ufl.edu> wrote:
>>> Thanks. I already tried that and it isn't a Drive issue.  I appears to be an issue with the Data and I was hoping someone would be familiar with the Data from IPUMS and any associated problems.
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Gabrielle Ferro
>>> Graduate Student
>>> Food and Resource Economics
>>> University of Florida
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] on behalf of Nick Cox [n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk]
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:45 PM
>>> To: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
>>> Subject: st: RE: IPUMS data open issue
>>>
>>> As you say, Stata can't find the file you name. I don't think we can do anything except advise that you check the name and/or search for it on your C: drive.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>>>
>>> Ferro,Gabrielle A
>>>
>>> I received data from IPUMS and am attempting to open in STATA.  Below is the .do file I am using.  It can not recognize the file, I am hoping someone will be able to point me in the right direction.  I have double-checked the directory and it is correct.
>>> The Error message that I receive is below the .do file.  Thank you in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> set more off
>>> clear
>>> quietly infix ///
>>> int year 1-4 ///
>>> byte datanum 5-6 ///
>>> double serial 7-14 ///
>>> int age 15-17 ///
>>> byte sex 18-18 ///
>>> byte marst 19-19 ///
>>> byte race 20-20 ///
>>> int raced 21-23 ///
>>> byte language 24-25 ///
>>> int languaged 26-29 ///
>>> byte educ 30-31 ///
>>> int educd 32-34 ///
>>> long ftotinc 35-41 ///
>>> long incwelfr 42-46 ///
>>> int poverty 47-49 ///
>>> int migplac1 50-52 ///
>>> using "C:\Users\Gabi\Desktop\dissertation\usa_00001.dat"
>>> file C:\Users\Gabi\Desktop\dissertation\usa_00001.dat not found
>>>

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