Problem with shp2dta..

[Nes Vru]

Hi guys,

I need your help

use "C:\Program Files\Stata18\mekden.dta"

shp2dta using Can.shp, database(datacan) coordinates(coordcan) genid(id) gencentroids(c) replace


I am using the above code but it gives this error. I tried hard but I couldn't figure it out. Could you help me?

type: 5
file coordcan.dta could not be opened

[Daniel Feenberg]

This error messge is claiming that Stata can't write in the current directory, or that coordcan.dta already exists in the current directory is write protected or that file is open already by a different process. Can you check that? Stata will show you the current directory with

pwd
ls -l

If the file already exists, remove it or try to save the coordinates file with a different name.