Your example syntax doesn't meet the pattern.
There is no file with filename -tab_chi- (i.e. tab_chi.)
on SSC.
. cd c:\ado\plus\c
. foreach f in chitest.ado chitest.hlp chitesti.ado chitesti.hlp {
ssc copy `f'
}
or
. foreach f in chitest chitesti {
ssc copy `f'.ado
ssc copy `f.hlp
}
Nick
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Clive Nicholas
> Sent: 10 March 2004 23:37
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: st: Problems with downloading the collinearity
> program from
>
>
> Nick Cox wrote:
>
> > Various people reported problems downloading stuff
> > from SSC.
> >
> > Briefly, I can't diagnose whether the issue arises
> > from local machine or software situation; or from some
> > limit or bug in Stata; or from some combination.
> >
> > My one positive comment is to point to
> >
> > . ssc copy <filename>
> >
> > as a way of getting stuff into the current
> > directory is -ssc install- is not working.
> > Upstream of this you should naturally -cd-
> > to the appropriate place. That's usually
> > much straightforward than using a browser
> > or some other more or less awkward way of
> > copying.
>
> Attempting to download -tab_chi-, I tried to action -ssc copy
> []- and this
> is what I got:
>
> . cd c:\ado\plus
> c:\ado\plus
>
> . ssc copy tab_chi
> ssc copy: "tab_chi" not found at SSC, type -findit tab_chi-
> r(601);
>
> Going the -findit- route brings me back to my original problem, viz.:
>
> checking tab_chi consistency and verifying not already installed...
> installing into c:\ado\plus\...
> could not rename c:\ado\plus\stata.trk to c:\ado\plus\backup.trk
> r(699);
>
> I'm beginning to feel that it's not my week.
>
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