Temporary data file not found after stcmd

[Robert Richards]

Hi,

I am using the inputst command, part of the stcmd package from StatTransfer. The command is creating an invalid tmpfile, and therefore unable to load the data into memory. Here's the output:

. inputst "D:\Dropbox\Robbie\surveys\Data\consumer_survey.sa v"
Stat/Transfer command submitted:
"C:\Program Files\StatTransfer13-64\st.exe" "D:\Dropbox\Robbie\surveys\Data\consumer_survey.sa v" stata "D:\stata_temp\ST_00000001.tmp"
Temporary datafile not created: D:\stata_temp\ST_00000001.tmp
Stat/Transfer did not run successfully
file not found
r(601);

The file provided as an input exists, and the temp directory exists. Any ideas on why the tmpfile is not created? Thanks.

[Steve Dubnoff]

Is it possibly the space in "consumer_survey.sa v"?

You might do better putting your commands in a file:

log using my.log
copy "D:\Dropbox\Robbie\surveys\Data\consumer_surve y.sa v" stata "D:\stata_temp\ST_00000001.tmp"
quit

run from stata with

stcmd my.stcmd

And then look at the log for error messages

Steve

[Andrés Lahur Talavera Cuya]

. local ouput "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cenagro"

. global path "C:\Users\User\Desktop\cenagro"

. foreach topic in "337-Modulo229" {
2. cd "$path/`topic'"
3. inputst 01_IVCENAGRO_REC01.sav
4. save `ouput'/`i'_01_IVCENAGRO_REC01.dta, replace
5. }
C:\Users\User\Desktop\cenagro\337-Modulo229
Stat/Transfer command submitted:
"H:\stdemo64\st.exe" "01_IVCENAGRO_REC01.sav" stata "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\ST_2fb8_000001.t mp"
Temporary datafile not created: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\ST_2fb8_000001.tm p
Stat/Transfer did not run successfully
file not found
r(601);

end of do-file

r(601);

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