st: RE: Stata crashed: do-file gone?

["Radwin, David" <dradwin@rti.org>]

Adrian,

How frustrating!

Are you using Stata's built-in editor?

If not, your text editor probably did save a temporary file somewhere,
although the location and file name will vary by editor and operating
system.

If so, I think you are out of luck. If it's any consolation, there is an
option in Stata's settings to automatically save the do-file each time
before it runs. You might want to turn that option on for future work.

Either way, if you have any log files, you may be able to piece together
the components of your do-file.

David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Adrian Stork
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 10:23 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: Stata crashed: do-file gone?
> 
> Dear statalisters
> 
> My Stata just crashed after I typed in a command I already forgot.
> Thanks to my stupidity, I did not click on 'save' the entire day. Now
> today's work in my do-file is gone. I guess it could have been much
> worse but still, does anyone know if there is maybe a temporary file
> on my computer saved with some version of today's work (or is it
> definitely lost)?
> 
> Thank you for any advice!
> 
> Best,
> Adrian


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