renvars Stata 13 install

[Susanna Jacobus]

Can you advise on why I get this message when I try to install package?

package installation
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package name: dm88_1.pkg
from: http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj5-4/

checking dm88_1 consistency and verifying not already installed...
installing into c:\ado\plus\...
file c:\ado\plus\next.trk already exists


If it does exist it is not work when I issue my usual command in a Do file:

. use "./rKEYELDMM.dta", clear

.
. renvars, low
unrecognized command: renvars
r(199);

.
. save D00_clinical_updt.dta, replace
file D00_clinical_updt.dta saved

.

[daniel klein]

Others can comment on the .trk file which has something to do with installing and updating Stata. As a quick work-around, note that renvars has largely been superseded (although maybe not completely, which I leave to Nick Cox to discuss) by official Stata's rename since release 12. You want

rename * , lower

Best
Daniel

[Susanna Jacobus]

much appreciated!