st: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work

[Hewan Belay <hewan_belay@yahoo.com>]

Dear stata list,

Following Nick's guidelines in
 http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-05/msg00254.html 
I tried to rename dta files from within stata but it didn't work. Here is what I tried:

webuse auto
save "D:\myauto.dta", replace
! rename "D:\myauto.dta"  "D:\yourauto.dta"

All that happens is, a small window flashes in and then back out in a split of a second. When I go to Windows explorer and look at the D/ folder, I still find myauto there, not yourauto. I refreshed the windows explorer, and also closed and opened it again, but it's still myauto. By way of information, my operating system is Windows XP Professional, and I'm using Stata 11. I tried the above also with -shell rename- instead of -! rename-, but the same thing happens. What could be the problem?

Thanks,
Hewan



      
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