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help for {hi:psave}
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{title:psave} - A module that saves to CSV, DTA and documents dependencies using {it:{help project##project:project}} to track dependencies of Input/Outputs and achieve efficient compilation of large projects.

{p 8 16 2}{cmd:psave}
{cmd:,} 
{cmdab:file:(}{it:string}{cmd:)} [{cmdab:com} {cmdab:csvnone} {cmdab:debug} {cmdab:eopts:(}{it:string}{cmd:)} {cmdab:old:(}{it:integer}{cmd:)} {cmdab:preserve}]

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where

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{it:com} compresses the database to save space without losing precision.

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{it:csvnone} Don't store results in CSV format. If debug mode isn't specified will register DTA with project.

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{it:debug} prevents psave from using {cmdab:project} functionality. In debug mode {it: psave} will not save a CSV file.

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{it:eopts} refers to standard options of {cmdab:export delimited}.

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{it:old} saves the dataset in an old STATA format.

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{it:preserve} avoids clearing local memory.

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{title:Examples}

Save DTA and CSV files with names "auto.dta" and "auto.csv", respectively. Note that {it:{help init##init:init}} creates a global variable $deb with values "" (empty) or "debug". 
{it:{help init##init:init}} in "debug" mode turns off project functionality.
{phang}{cmd:. psave, file("../constructed-data/auto") $deb }{p_end}

{cmdab:psave} is intended to be used in conjunction with {it:{help project##project:project}}, {it:{help init##init:init}}, {it:{help pexit##pexit:pexit}} and {it:{help puse##puse:puse}}.

This is open source software distributed under the GPL-3 license. Ownership belongs to their respective authors.
For more documentation, examples and the most up to date code visit {browse "https://github.com/economic-research/open-ado/"}
This version is as at least as recent as commit: 3cd38782bb154133078fb2cd597d774dbda1c4e3

{title:Authors}

{p 4} Andres Jurado and Lorenzo Aldeco {p_end}
{p 4}jose_jurado_vadillo@brown.edu{p_end}