Thanks as always to Kit Baum, a new version of the descgen package is now available for download from SSC. In Stata, use the ssc command to do this, or adoupdate if you already have an old version of descgen.
The descgen package is described as below on my website. The new version fixes a confusing typo in the online help.
Best wishes
Roger
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package descgen from http://www.rogernewsonresources.org.uk/stata10
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TITLE
descgen: Add Stata dataset attribute variables to a xdir resultsset
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
descgen is intended for use in output datasets (or resultssets)
produced by the xdir package, which have one observation for each
of a list of files, and data on directory names and file names.
It inputs the file name variable and (optionally) the directory
name variable, and generates a list of new variables, containing,
in each observation, Stata dataset attributes describing the
Stata dataset stored in the corresponding file. These attributes
include numbers of variables and observations and sizes of an
observation or of the dataset, and (optionally) lists of
variables in the dataset. If the corresponding file is not a
Stata dataset, then these dataset attribute variables will have
missing values.
Author: Roger Newson
Distribution-Date: 25july2017
Stata-Version: 10
INSTALLATION FILES (click here to install)
descgen.ado
descgen.sthlp
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The descgen package is described as below on my website. The new version fixes a confusing typo in the online help.
Best wishes
Roger
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package descgen from http://www.rogernewsonresources.org.uk/stata10
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE
descgen: Add Stata dataset attribute variables to a xdir resultsset
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
descgen is intended for use in output datasets (or resultssets)
produced by the xdir package, which have one observation for each
of a list of files, and data on directory names and file names.
It inputs the file name variable and (optionally) the directory
name variable, and generates a list of new variables, containing,
in each observation, Stata dataset attributes describing the
Stata dataset stored in the corresponding file. These attributes
include numbers of variables and observations and sizes of an
observation or of the dataset, and (optionally) lists of
variables in the dataset. If the corresponding file is not a
Stata dataset, then these dataset attribute variables will have
missing values.
Author: Roger Newson
Distribution-Date: 25july2017
Stata-Version: 10
INSTALLATION FILES (click here to install)
descgen.ado
descgen.sthlp
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(click here to return to the previous screen)
