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

[Hewan Belay <hewan_belay@yahoo.com>]

Oops, the quotation mark after yourauto.dta was an error, I didn't mean it to be there.
Thanks in any case.
Hewan

--- On Fri, 4/16/10, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:

> From: Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
> Subject: RE: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 5:03 PM
> 
> <>
> 
> Apparently, not even the quotation mark after yourauto.dta
> matters. Works
> with and without it...
> 
> 
> HTH
> Martin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu]
> On Behalf Of Hewan Belay
> Sent: Freitag, 16. April 2010 18:52
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't
> work
> 
> Dear Martin and Nick,
> 
> Thanks for your ideas. Indeed, it works when I include only
> the filename in
> the second term, i.e. when instead of 
> 
>  ! rename "D:\myauto.dta"  "D:\yourauto.dta"
> 
> I use
> 
>  ! rename "D:\myauto.dta"  yourauto.dta"
> 
> Best,
> Hewan
> 
> --- On Fri, 4/16/10, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
> > Subject: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't
> work
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 2:44 PM
> > 
> > <> 
> > 
> > -cd-ing beforehand help as well:
> > 
> > 
> > *************
> > clear*
> > cd C:\
> > webuse auto, clear
> > save "myauto.dta", replace
> > dir *dta
> > !ren "myauto.dta"  "yourauto.dta"
> > dir *dta
> > *************
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > HTH
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu]
> > Im Auftrag von Hewan Belay
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2010 16:21
> > An: Stata List
> > Betreff: st: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work
> > 
> > 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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