Re: st: Automatically updating executable

["Austin Nichols" <austinnichols@gmail.com>]

DD--
The solution must depend on the network configuration, and has to be
implemented by the network administrator.  I.e. not a Stata problem,
but a network problem.

On 1/3/07, David Doody <doody.david@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I tried to post this question a few weeks back, but I think maybe I
> had some things set up incorrectly, so it didn't post.  I don't see it
> in the archives.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has a program or system set up to
> automatically check for updates to Stata?  I'm using Stata 9.2, and I
> get the prompt every 30 days, and run the update commands.  If there
> is an update to the executable, I'll try to update it, but since I'm
> using Stata on a network drive with other users, I can't update it
> unless everyone closes the program down.  If we could have some
> process run overnight once a month or so, it would be nice.
>
> This may be beyond the scope of this list, since the solution likely
> lies outside of Stata itself, but I figured this would be the place to
> find such a solution, if one exists.  Any ideas?  Thanks!
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