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help for ^labsave5^                                         (statalist 11feb1999)
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Saves labels to a do file in a format acceptable to Stata 5
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	^labsave5^ [lblname [lblname...]] using filename [^,^ ^replace^ ]

Description
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This is an interim utility for use with Stata 6.  If -query born- returns a
date after 28 Jan 1999 the standard -label save- command can be used under
version control.  That is to say, type

	. ^version 5^
	. ^label save ...^

rather than using this utility.

Produces a do file of saved labels that can be read by Stata 5.  When read the
labels are truncated to the 8 character limit of Stata 5.  This utility will
fail if any label is longer than 45 characters.

Options
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^replace^ allows filename to be replaced even if it already exists.


Examples
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	. ^labsave5 yesno abbrev^
	. ^labsave5 yesno abbrev, replace^


Also see
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 Manual:  ^[U] 15.6 Dataset, variable, and value labels^,
          ^[R] label^

On-line:  help for @label@, @encode@