File path is displayed incorrectly

[Sergiy Radyakin]

Dear All,

I believe Stata is displaying the path incorrectly in some cases.
Consider the following example:

clear all
version 19.0

sysuse auto
export delimited "C:\temp\auto.txt"
export delimited "C:\temp\auto.txt"

// END OF FILE

It results in the following output:

Note that \T was processed as a special character rather than displayed verbatim.

There is no such result when "/t" is used instead of "\t" in the path (the error is expected, but the path is displayed fully and correctly in this case):

There is no such result if outsheet command is used in place of export delimited:

outsheet using "C:\temp\auto.txt"

Since the file is created in the correct directory, I believe this is purely the output problem, rather than my input or general file handling.

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StataNow/MP 19.5 for Windows (64-bit x86-64) Revision 14 Jan 2026