------------------ help for compado ------------------Compare ado files from different sites --------------------------------------
compado program localsite remotesite, save(location) program = the program to compare localsite = the address of the site with your local copy of the program remotesite = the address of the site with the remote copy of the program save(location) = if the files are different, save the remote copy into 'location' display " exit
Description -----------
compado compares the header (the first 2 lines) of program located in localsite with the program of the same name in remotesite. If there are differences, they are displayed on the screen. If you include the save() option and the headers are different, the copy from remotesite is copied into the directory named in save() in a subdirectory with the name of the program.
Example -------
. compado hotdeck http//www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ado http//www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/personal/adrian/ , save(c:compado)
Author ------
Michael Mitchell Statistical Computing and Consulting UCLA Academic Technology Services mnmatucla.edu