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From | Hewan Belay <hewan_belay@yahoo.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | RE: st: AW: rename files - "! rename" doesn't work |
Date | Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:25:35 -0700 (PDT) |
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 > > > > > > > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/