RMFILES: Stata module to provide a convenient way to remove matched files within a specified directory and possibly, if applicable, corresponding empty directories (which will also, if wanted, be applied recursively to a matched subset of offspring-directories)

Lars Angquist ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: rmfiles provides a convenient way to remove matched files within a specified directory and possibly, if applicable, corresponding empty directories (which will also, if wanted, be applied recursively to a matched subset of offspring-directories). The achieved generality is governed by the options that implements e.g. the choice of a folder to look in, a filename matching criterion to apply within this folder; moreover a distinct matching criterion for which subdirectories to recursively search through may be stated. Typical use could e.g. be to remove a certain set of files within a specific directory-structure before generating updated files based on slightly changed filenames, etc. All matchings are case-sensitive (except for the case when running with option ‘oldstx’ that may be needed when running e.g. from old versions as Stata 9). All options are optional and corresponding defaults exists.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9
Keywords: data files; data management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04-06
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install rmfiles". 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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