WITCH: Stata module to mystically manage files on adopath

Thomas Steichen

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: witch is a more comprehensive version of the Stata-supplied command which. Like which, it looks for file "fname.ftype" along the S_ADO path. Unlike which, it reports the location of all files matching fname.ftype found along the search path, not just the first one. Further, if ".ftype" is omitted, witch automatically searches along the ado-path for "fname" with all ftype's .ado, .hlp, .dlg, .idlg, .class, .scheme, and .style.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: file management; sorcery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-10-06, Revised 2004-10-08
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install witch". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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