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RE: st: Pulling in files and data stored in a folder tree
From
"David Radwin" <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Pulling in files and data stored in a folder tree
Date
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:33:48 -0700 (PDT)
Ben,
You may run into problems with backslashes in path names that precede
local macros (example below). The simplest fix is to use forward slashes.
See:
Nicholas J. Cox, 2008. "Stata tip 65: Beware the backstabbing backslash,"
Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 8(3), pages 446-447, September.
http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0042
David
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> cd "`basedirectory\`c'\`y'" // whatever fits your file system
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