Re: st: Recovering files

[Roberto Ferrer <refp16@gmail.com>]

Phil, 

Can I ask you to please share the program you have in your profile.do,  along with any set-up  instructions.  It sounds interesting.

Thanks.



Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Estrella Gomez <estrellastata@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> I was wondering if there is any drive where Stata makes automatic
>backups of the data and do files. I really need to recover some
>important information, but I have lost both the data and the do files
>
>
>This is obviously of no immediate comfort to those who have lost work,
>but since this is the second report of this in 2 days, it is worth
>pointing out that there are now several options for maintaining
>constantly updated backups with little or no effort on the part of the
>user.  For example, on OS X, Time Machine will keep hourly backups
>automatically; these are then gradually (and automatically) pruned to
>weekly and then monthly backups as your disk fills up, but in terms of
>a continual backup that requires almost no effort, it can't be beat. 
>Plus, it will even continue to save hourly backups to your internal
>disk when your backup disk is unavailable, such as if you are using a
>laptop on a trip (many people are unaware of this).  There are several
>similar utilities for Linux, such as Back In Time, TimeVault and
>FlyBack.  In sum, purchasing an external drive (for $100 or less) and
>spending literally no more than 5 minutes to set it up (in the case of
>Time Machine) is a wise!
>  investment.
>
>[Note: I'm sure that Windows now has similar functionality -- I'm
>simply not familiar with it.]
>
>Second, I *always* have a log file open whenever I'm using Stata
>interactively; this is handled by a program which is automatically
>executed by my profile.do file.  These are stored in a temporary
>directory, organized by date and time.  Thus, if I ever want to
>retrieve the commands (and output) from a previous session, I can
>either search by date/time or grep the files by keyword.  Once you set
>this up, you never have to think about it again.
>
>As everyone knows, there are two types of people in the world: those
>who have lost files, and those who *will* lose files.  Thus, times like
>this are useful opportunities for everyone else to re-evaluate their
>own backup strategies, and make sure that they are covered.
>
>
>-- Phil
>
>
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