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Re: st: Compress a closed file
From
Steven Dubnoff <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Compress a closed file
Date
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:16:06 -0800
Is there a way to compress the file w/o opening it?
Stat/Transfer optimizes automatically and writes Stata files that are
the equivalent of those written after the "compress" command. It can
also drop variables and/or cases. It is thus a handy tool for
getting larger files into Stata.
Best,
Steve
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