st: Corrupted file due to file transfer?

[Lutz Engelhardt <engelhardt@wz-berlin.de>]

Dear All,

One of my Stata .dta file got corrupted. Some rows are missing 
completely, others were thoroughly duplicated or tripled but the overall 
number of entries stayed unchanged. Although I am normally willing to 
blame myself for that kind of thing right away, this time I just can't 
imagine which sequence of commands or lapse of concentration could be 
responsible for the state of the file. Question: Has anybody ever 
experienced a .dta file getting corrupted by being tranfered via ftp? Or 
do I have to look for something else?

Thank you very much,

Lutz Engelhardt

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