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Re: st: Meaning of ! following * at the top of an ado file


From   Gary Longton <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Meaning of ! following * at the top of an ado file
Date   Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:13:57 -0800

Ado-file lines that start with *! are echoed by the -which- command, primarily to allow for easy version identification.

Typically, programmers will include in their ado-files such a line with, at minimum, the (external) version number for the ado and the program version/revision date. However, any line included in the ado that starts with *! in the first two columns will be displayed by -which-.

Eg. if -hprescott- has been installed:

  . which hprescott
  f:\ado\stbplus\h\hprescott.ado
  *! hprescott 1.0.7 CFBaum  01aug2006

- Gary

Thomas Jacobs wrote:
Hi, can someone tell me the purpose of appending ! to the comment
indicator at the start of an ado file such as :

. ssc type hprescott.ado

*! hprescott 1.0.7 CFBaum  01aug2006
*  from hprescott(8).ado 1.0.4  18jun2006

remaining output cut off

Thanks.

Tom


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