set more off capture log close capture log using linkco2002us_den.log, replace capture set mem 1000m /*------------------------------------------------ This program reads the 2002 *U.S. Denominator Linked Birth Infant Death Birth Cohort Data Data File by Jean Roth Wed Nov 19 11:18:05 EST 2008 Please report errors to jroth@nber.org NOTE: This program is distributed under the GNU GPL. See end of this file and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for details. Run with do linkco2002us_den ----------------------------------------------- */ /* The following line should contain the complete path and name of the raw data file. On a PC, use backslashes in paths as in C:\ */ local dat_name "/tmp/LinkCO02USDen.dat" /* The following line should contain the path to your output '.dta' file */ local dta_name "linkco2002us_den" /* The following line should contain the path to the data dictionary file */ local dct_name "linkco2002us_den.dct" /* The following line should contain the complete path and name of the compressed data file. */ local compressed "/homes/data/lbid/ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/DVS/cohortlinkedus/LinkCO02USDen.dat.bz2" ** Removing dat_name capture rm `dat_name' ** Uncompressing the raw data file to /tmp ** Note that /tmp must have enough space to write the uncompressed file ! bzcat `compressed' > "`dat_name'" /* The line below does NOT need to be changed */ infile using "`dct_name'", using("`dat_name'") clear ** Removing the temp file when finished ! rm -f "`dat_name'" note: by Jean Roth, jroth@nber.org Wed Nov 19 11:18:05 EST 2008 compress save /homes/data/lbid/2002/data/linkco2002us_den,replace ** Run commands from directory with data capture erase /homes/data/lbid/2002/data/linkco2002us_den.dta.zip ! zip /homes/data/lbid/2002/data/linkco2002us_den.dta.zip linkco2002us_den.dta capture erase linkco2002us_den.dta exit /* Copyright 2008 shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research and Jean Roth National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 jroth@nber.org This program and all programs referenced in it are free software. You can redistribute the program or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */