st: Re: findit vs net search

[Christopher F Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 02:33 AM, Mark wrote:

> > -findit- runs both -search- and -net search-. -search- will find
> > a reference to -cdsimeq- if, and only if, you have -update-d
> > your Stata sufficiently recently to have the appropriate files
> > on your machine.
> This isn't quite right.  Here at the office I am running Stata 7:
>
> . update
>
> Stata executable
>     folder:               N:\School\stata7\
>     name of file:         wstata.exe
>     currently installed:  01 Feb 2002
>
> - -findit- doesn't find it:
>
> . findit cdsimeq
>                                                                        
>                29 Aug 2003 15:59:05
> Keyword search
>
>         Keywords:  cdsimeq
>           Search:  (1) Official help files, FAQs, and STBs
>                    (2) Web resources from Stata and from other users
>
> Search of official help files, FAQs, and STBs
>
> Web resources from Stata and other users
>
> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
> no matches
>
> (end of search)
This is indeed peculiar, and something which StataCorp should 
investigate. In my Stata 7, findit cdsimeq doesn't (as you show) but 
net search cdsimeq does locate it:

. net search cdsimeq
(contacting http://www.stata.com)

1 package found (Stata Journal and STB listed first)
----------------------------------------------------

st0038 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj3-2
    SJ3-2 st0038.  CDSIMEQ: A program to implement two-stage ... / 
CDSIMEQ: A
    program to implement two-stage probit least squares / by Omar M.G. 
Keshk,
    Ohio State University / Support:  keshk.1@osu.edu / After 
installation,
    type help cdsimeq


1 reference found in tables of contents
---------------------------------------

http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj3-2/
    Stata Journal volume 3, issue 2 / Module to create plots for use 
with
    multiple / significance tests / Exploring the use of variable 
bandwidth
    kernel density / estimators / Adaptive kernel density estimation /
    CDSIMEQ: A program to implement two-stage probit least / squares / 
Testing



I would have thought that findit should locate anything that net search 
does (e.g., both findit makematrix and net search makematrix locate 
this recent addition to SSC).

Kit

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