Re: st: smart automatic updates 1

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

I would do something like this:

qui update q
local needado = (r(inst_ado)<r(avbl_ado))
local needexe = (r(inst_exe)<r(avbl_exe))

if `needado' | `needexe' {
   local done 0
   while !`done' {
      if `needado' & `needexe' {
         capture update all
      }
      else if `needado' {
         capture update ado
      }
      else if `needexe' {
         capture update exe
      }

      if !_rc {
         local done 1
      }
      else {
         display "Retrying . . ."
      }
   }
   if `needexe' {
      update swap
   }



At 04:55 PM 2/26/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> Hi Listers
>
> Quetion
>
> I would like to write a small program to be run each midnight or weekly
> on a network-server with stata.
> I would like the program to update stata
> if the update is timed out etc, I would like it to retry a specified
> number of times, and when the update is succesful run -update swap-
> and when the update quntinuous to fail I would like an error in a log or
> somthing.
>
> Look this would be very smart! :-)
>
> However I cant fiugre out how to get hold on the right locals at the right
> steps in the procedure. Can anyone of the more skilled members tell me?
>
> A first draft of smart_update.do could be
>
>         /* Check for updates */
>         qui update query
>         local adoinst = r(inst_ado)
>         local adoavbl = r(avbl_ado)
>         local exeinst = r(inst_exe)
>         local exeavbl = r(avbl_exe)
>
>
>         if `adoinst' != `adoavbl'  |  `exeinst'!=`exeavbl' {
>           while ..... {
>               update all
>              ....
>              }
>           if `exeinst'!=`exeavbl' & [update were succesful] {
>                     update swap
>                     }
>           if [update were NOT succesful] {
>                      di "unsuccesfull update"
>                      }
>            }
>          else {
>            di "no updates needed"
>            }
>
>
> Kind regard
>
>
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