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RE: st: Pulling in files and data stored in a folder tree


From   "Ben Hoen" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: Pulling in files and data stored in a folder tree
Date   Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:23:10 -0400

OK.  Thanks David I will look into this.

Ben Hoen
LBNL
Office: 845-758-1896
Cell: 718-812-7589


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Radwin
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 3:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: st: Pulling in files and data stored in a folder tree

Ben,

You may run into problems with backslashes in path names that precede
local macros (example below). The simplest fix is to use forward slashes.
See: 

Nicholas J. Cox, 2008. "Stata tip 65: Beware the backstabbing backslash,"
Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 8(3), pages 446-447, September.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0042

David
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Senior Research Associate
MPR Associates, Inc.
2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 800
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510-849-4942
Fax: 510-849-0794

www.mprinc.com

>      cd "`basedirectory\`c'\`y'"  // whatever fits your file system
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