Problems with "copy" from URL in STATA 18

[Christoph Reiss]

Hi all,
since a few weeks, I have a problem in STATA 18 when using the copy command for copying from URL. E.g. the following code produces an Error message.

copy https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/pc/pc.data.01.aggregates aggregates.txt, replace

When running in STATA 18, I get the following messsage:

. copy https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.se....01.aggregates aggregates.txt, replace
(file aggregates.txt not found)
r(679);

In STATA 17 and older versions the command works properly.

Were there any changes in the copy command or how STATA handles URL and how can I get it working?

Thanks for any advise,

Christoph

[Chinh Nguyen (StataCorp)]

I just tried it and it works for me. Make sure you're running the latest update. If you are running the latest update and continue to have issues, please contact Stata tech support.

[Satoshi Araki]

My version of Stata 18 is updated to October 2023, but I am facing exactly the same issue as Christoph's.

[Judson Caskey]

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[Judson Caskey]

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