I can't reproduce this on WinXP -- looks like a Linux-only problem?
Michael Blasnik
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Blanchette" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: st: Bug in -save, replace- (Stata for Linux and Unix)?
> This is also the case with Unix:
>
> . save ~/mydata.dta
> file ~/mydata.dta saved
>
> . save ~/mydata.dta
> file ~/mydata.dta saved
>
> . save ~/mydata.dta
> file ~/mydata.dta saved
>
> . save ~/mydata.dta
> file ~/mydata.dta saved
>
>
> Dan Blanchette
> Applications Analyst Programmer
> Carolina Population Center UNC-CH
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> >From Ulrich Kohler <[email protected]>
> >To [email protected]
> >Subject st: Bug in -save, replace- (Stata for Linux)?
> >Date Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:54:37 +0200
> >
> >hi all,
> >
> >Nick Cox recently asks for not using the word "Bug" in the subject. While
I
> >generally agree, I like to apply for an exemption in this case.
> >
> >On Stata for Linux I am able to overwrite an existing data-file without
> >-replace-. Here are the details.
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> >Let me save a datafile ...
> >
> >+-------------------------------------------------+
> >| . save pequiv01 |
> >| file ~/pub/kkstata1e/kkstata/pequiv01.dta saved |
> >+-------------------------------------------------+
> >
> >and again:
> >
> >+-------------------------------------------------+
> >| . save pequiv01 |
> >| file pequiv01.dta already exists |
> >| r(602); |
> >+-------------------------------------------------+
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