[Rd] 8 char labels in read.spss

[Thomas Lumley]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Knut Krueger wrote:
>
> I found a definition of the SPSS files.
> http://www.wotsit.org/download.asp?f=spssdata
> but they recommend to use the spss input/output dll to ensure upward
> compatbility
>

"Well, they would say that, wouldn't they" (Rice-Davis 1963)

Unfortunately, that document is an old file format. It doesn't describe 
record 7 subtype 13, which is where the long variable names live.

 	-thomas