choosing appropriate path to access stored data on personal drive

[Nico Ochmann]

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

this is a very basic question. I have been working with my laptop on my research project which utilizes the panel data set Understanding Society, UK.
Since I am now using restricted data, I must store the set on a Uni PC. When I use the command lines below, I get the error message (note: file awave.dta not found)
file awave.dta could not be opened. When I use my laptop with the unrestricted data set, the coding works just fine. My guess is that I make a very obvious (to you) mistake.
Would really appreciate some enlightment from you!
Cheers.
Nico


My command line from do file
version 11
clear all
set more off

capture log close


global Stata11_se "P:\Data\stata\stata11_se"
global Mergeddata_master2016 "P:\Mergeddata_master2016"
global Dofiles_master2016 "P:\Dofiles_master2016"
global Logfiles_master2016 "P:\Logfiles_master2016"




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foreach w in a b c d e{


use `w'_ukborn pidp `w'_pno `w'_istrtdaty `w'_plbornc `w'_jbhrs `w'_qfhigh `w'_qualoc `w'_sex `w'_dvage `w'_marstat `w'_fimngrs_dv `w'_fimnlabgrs_dv `w'_jbstat ///
`w'_paygu_dv `w'_oprlg `w'_yr2uk4 `w'_birthy `w'_feend `w'_scend `w'_jbterm1 `w'_jbsize `w'_jbsect `w'_jbsectpub `w'_racel `w'_jbbgy `w'_sf1 `w'_jbmngr `w'_lnprnt `w'_jbsemp ///
`w'_gor_dv `w'_urban_dv `w'_jshrs ///
using "$Stata11_se/`w'_indresp_protect", clear


gen wave = strpos("abcde","`w'")


renpfix `w'_

save `w'wave, replace
}
foreach w in a b c d{

append using `w'wave.dta
}
sort pidp wave
save $Mergeddata_master2016\abcde_long, replace


foreach w in a b c d e{
erase `w'wave.dta
}


Stata's response when I run the do file:


global Stata11_se "P:\Data\stata\stata11_se"

. global Mergeddata_master2016 "P:\Mergeddata_master2016"

. global Dofiles_master2016 "P:\Dofiles_master2016"

. global Logfiles_master2016 "P:\Logfiles_master2016"

.
.
.
.
. ************************************************** ******
.
. foreach w in a b c d e{
2.
.
. use `w'_ukborn pidp `w'_pno `w'_istrtdaty `w'_plbornc `w'_jbhrs `w'_qfhigh `w'_qualoc `w'_sex `w'_dvage `w'_marstat `w'_fimngrs_dv `w'_fimnlabgrs_dv `w'_jbstat ///
> `w'_paygu_dv `w'_oprlg `w'_yr2uk4 `w'_birthy `w'_feend `w'_scend `w'_jbterm1 `w'_jbsize `w'_jbsect `w'_jbsectpub `w'_racel `w'_jbbgy `w'_sf1 `w'_jbmngr `w'_lnprnt
> `w'_jbsemp ///
> `w'_gor_dv `w'_urban_dv `w'_jshrs ///
> using "$Stata11_se/`w'_indresp_protect", clear
3.
.
. gen wave = strpos("abcde","`w'")
4.
.
. renpfix `w'_
5.
. save `w'wave, replace
6. }
(note: file awave.dta not found)
file awave.dta could not be opened

[Joe Canner]

Nico,

My guess is that you are trying to save awave.dta to a place where you do not have write access. I don't see anything in your do-file that would give a hint as to where it is trying to save to. Accordingly, type pwd to determine the default directory where that file is being saved and make sure you have write access to it.

Regards,
Joe

P.S. Surrounding do-file code and results in your posts with

 and

will make it easier to read.

[Nico Ochmann]

Dear Joe,
Yes, yes, and yes. I got it. Thanks so much for your hint.
I sincerely appreciate your help.
You guys do a great job!

Have a great Thursday!

Nico