Error opening a tex file on Stata

[Juan Felipe Contreras]

Dear all,

I am trying to use a .tex file and for some reason the command does not work. The message "file could not be opened" appears. Does someone happen to know why that might be?

My code is:

file open Amazonas using Amazonas.tex, write replace

Regards in advance.

[Nick Cox]

I don't think the extension could be a problem.

[William Lisowski]

The file will be opened in your current working directory, so type

pwd

into Stata's Command window to see what your current working directory is. If it's not in your home directory, then its possible you're trying to write into a directory in which you do not have write permission.