A strange problem with the "save" command

[Vladimir Sobota]

Dear Users,

I am relatively new to the world of Stata and expecially to this forum, so please bear with me...

I use global paths:
>global data "\\Client\D$\Documents\university\stata\data"

Then, I create the data set and save:

>save ${data}/test.dta, replace

This does not result in an error code, but it does not save the data either. Stata does not return the confirmation "file... saved" which I am used to see after this command.
By the way, this way of working is required - I cannot opt for something different or save manually. How should I approach this problem?

Thanks in advance

[Maarten Buis]

there is a $ sign in your path, suggesting to Stata that another global macro starts. This global macro is in all likelihood empty, so your file is in all likelihood saved as \\Client\D/test.dta

[Vladimir Sobota]

Thank you for your reply.
I have checke the directory you mention, but all I can find are data sets from attempts were I forgot to specifiy the global path, not the test.dta, unfortunately.

[Jorrit Gosens]

I can't replicate the issue.
I tried using an online folder as you are using, and created a folder with a $ just to see what that effect would be.
doing:

sysuse auto
global test "\\ID.AAU.DK\Users\jorrit\Downloads\D$\test"
save ${test}/test.dta, replace

saves the file just fine, in the expected location, for me:

. sysuse auto
(1978 Automobile Data)

. global test "\\ID.AAU.DK\Users\jorrit\Downloads\D$\test"

. save ${test}/test.dta, replace
(note: file \\ID.AAU.DK\Users\jorrit\Downloads\D$\test/test.dta not found)
file \\ID.AAU.DK\Users\jorrit\Downloads\D$\test/test.dta saved

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