> No, but what is wrong with using system()? The application is running in a very sandboxed environment and might not have permission to execute 'file'.
> 'file' is large and complex because it tries to be comprehensive (but it > still does not know about some common systems, e.g. 64-bit Windows > binaries). There simply is no point in replicating that in R: which is why > we chose rather to port 'file' to Windows and provide in in Rools. Alright that makes sense, thanks. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
