>> >> To clarify, system2 doesn't work in windows? > > It does. > >> The system2 >> >> documentation has: " On Windows, ‘env’ is currently only supported for >> commands such as ‘R’ and ‘make’ which accept environment variables on >> their command line." > > Yes, but "R CMD INSTALL" does not accept those variables in the command > line. This could perhaps be improved given someone finds some time to do it.
Ok, so R does, but R CMD INSTALL does not. That was the source of my confusion - thanks for clearing that up! However, is there a reason that system2 doesn't use the more general technique of Sys.setenv? Hadley -- Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair Department of Statistics / Rice University http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
