On Fri, 02 Feb 2018, Michael Ashton writes: > Where can I get the patch? I've never installed a patch for R...usually just > upgrade. > > Michael Ashton, CFA > Managing Principal > > Enduring Investments LLC > W: 973.457.4602 > C: 551.655.8006 >
The patched build (i.e. a complete version, not just the patch) is available from the same CRAN site at which you find the official release; just further below. > -----Original Message----- > From: Enrico Schumann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 10:36 AM > To: Michael Ashton > Cc: Duncan Murdoch; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] command line fails > > > Quoting Michael Ashton <[email protected]>: > >> Fascinating. The script runs fine in 3.2.5, but won't run in 3.4.3 >> even with ALL lines commented out. >> >> I have no idea what that means. I can't imagine I found a 3.4.3 bug no >> one knows about. >> >> Michael Ashton, CFA >> Managing Principal >> >> Enduring Investments LLC >> W: 973.457.4602 >> C: 551.655.8006 > > Just a guess: Could you try the patched version? > > There was some discussion concerning 3.4.3 and command-line arguments on > Windows: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-December/075194.html > > Kind regards > Enrico > > > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 9:03 AM >> To: Michael Ashton; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [R] command line fails >> >> On 02/02/2018 8:20 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: >>> I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this >>> same manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off >>> without a hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, >>> and the only script I am using that version of R for at the moment. >>> >>> Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same >>> result. :-) >>> >> >> I'd try to determine if anything works with 3.4.3. If nothing does, >> maybe you need to back out to the older version. If some scripts work >> and some don't, then it shouldn't take long to find the offending line >> by bisection: comment out the last half of the script, if it works, >> that's where the problem is, so comment only the last quarter, etc. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> >>> Michael Ashton, CFA >>> Managing Principal >>> >>> Enduring Investments LLC >>> W: 973.457.4602 >>> C: 551.655.8006 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM >>> To: Michael Ashton; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [R] command line fails >>> >>> On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: >>>> Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing >>>> my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called >>>> from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but >>>> when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and >>>> closes. >>>> >>>> There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I >>>> don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not >>>> really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even >>>> executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program >>>> Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV >>>> Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI >>>> first and then run it within R. >>>> >>> >>> I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. >>> "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if >>> R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by >>> the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. >>> >>> Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script >>> in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably >>> escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. >>> (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command >>> shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) >>> Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and >>> then use a relative path for the R script. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. > > > > -- > Enrico Schumann > Lucerne, Switzerland > http://enricoschumann.net -- Enrico Schumann Lucerne, Switzerland http://enricoschumann.net ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
