touch creates a blank data file of the type specified. This is useful to avoid append loops failing on the first run due to the file not existing, and is a slightly more elegant solution than -cap append-, as append will still abort the program if there is a real problem. It is similar to the UNIX command touch.
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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number
S456904.
Size: Programming language: Stata Requires: Stata version 9 Date of creation: 29 Jan 2008 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s456904
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