Re: st: where STATA on MAC always complains that some variable already existed?

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Steve Samuels wrote:
> To search multiple do files on the Mac, I recommend BBEdit, or the  
> free TextWrangler (both barebones.com). See:
> http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/texteditors.html.

Or you can use grep, which comes pre-installed:

    grep -r r4pnhmln *


> It's easy to set up a filter to search only ".do" or ".log"  files

    grep -r --include=*.{do,log} r4pnhmln *


WRT the original question here, the fact that you have moved from  
Windows to OS X is almost certainly a red herring, since Stata works  
the same on both.  What is much more likely is that something has  
changed from your original setup (i.e., when you moved machines), and  
that's what you'll have to debug.  For example, perhaps you are using  
a different profile.do on the two machines, say, where one of them has  
-varabbrev- set to off?  Start by checking for differences in your  
Stata environment (e.g., Stata version, profile.do, versions of  
whatever 3rd party packages you might be using, etc.).  Then go  
through your entire process (including dependencies) from the  
beginning, and add things like -conf new v r4pnhmln, exact- to debug.

-- Phil

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