This is not a bug, but user error. You are failing to close the
connection. R has no idea you do not subsequently want to use the
connection via getConnection. As the help page ?file and its reference,
and also the R-news article on connections.
The correct usage is either
source("clipboard")
or
zz <- file("clipboard")
source(zz)
close(zz)
BTW, there are no `clipboard connections': there are file connections to
the clipboard on Windows only.
On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Full_Name: Will Gray
> Version: R 2.2.1
> OS: WinXP SP2
> Submission from: (NULL) (160.129.18.69)
>
>
> I've been using R with a text editor (Tinn-R) and using a feature of the
> editor
> that sends code to a running R session. Sometimes it is convenient to use the
> command "source(file('clipboard'))" to send whole blocks of code. However,
> this
> quickly fills up the limit of 50 connections, even if 47 are closed. What
> does
> R hold on to connections it doesn't need, and especially multiple closed
> connections to the clipboard? Should this be changed?
>
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