My guess would be that anscillary files are copied to the current
directory. Often this is the directory where Stata is installed, and
this might be protected. Try to cd to a directory where you know you
have write access before downloading any such files.
Regards, Sergiy
On 6/4/08, Viktor Slavtchev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello.
> 1) The problem I have is that I am able to download and run user written
> stata commands (for example -tmap-) but I am not able to download the
> ANCILLARY FILES. I get an error message:
> checking gr0008 consistency and verifying not already installed...
> cannot write in directory
>
> r(603);
>
> I suspect that it has to do with the security policy on my pc (windows). I
> would like to know in which directory the ANCILLARY FILES are usually
> copied. Then I can change it.
>
>
> 2) The same problem occurs when I try to save the results using -outreg-:
>
> . reg bs_FN bs_industrie_FN
> <snip>
> . outreg using ttt.txt
> file ttt.txt could not be opened
> r(603);
>
>
>
> I amusing a network-licensed stata.
> . sysdir
> STATA: P:\Stata10\
> UPDATES: P:\Stata10\ado\updates\
> BASE: P:\Stata10\ado\base\
> SITE: P:\Stata10\ado\site\
> PLUS: c:\ado\plus\
> PERSONAL: c:\ado\personal\
> OLDPLACE: c:\ado\
>
> with P:\ network drive and C:\ local HDD.
> any help is greatly appreciated.
> 10x
> viktor
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