My bad, I jumped in to late in the thread and missed the fact that it does not work with Rgui.exe (and that it works with Rterm.exe). Problem replicated/remains. /H
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Henrik Bengtsson <[email protected]> wrote: > No paths for shell() - instead throw it commands as if you were at the > Windows command prompt, i.e. > > res <- shell("find", intern=TRUE); > str(res); > chr [1:3454] "." "./.Rhistory" "./aroma.affymetrix" ... > > /H > > 2010/1/7 Uwe Ligges <[email protected]>: >> Argh. I see it as well. Will dig a lit tomorrow. >> >> Uwe >> >> >> >> >> >> On 07.01.2010 12:25, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >>> >>> I get a problem with shell too: >>> >>> Under Rgui: >>> >>>> R.version.string >>> >>> [1] "R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-01 r50884)" >>> >>>> system("C:\\windows\\system32\\find /?", intern = TRUE) >>> >>> character(0) >>> >>>> system("cmd /c C:\\windows\\system32\\find /?", intern = TRUE) >>> >>> character(0) >>> >>>> shell("C:\\windows\\system32\\find /?") >>> >>> Warning message: >>> In shell("C:\\windows\\system32\\find /?") : >>> 'C:\windows\system32\find /?' execution failed with error code 1 >>> >>> They all work, i.e. they give the required help message, under Rterm >>> and when I issue this from the Windows console it works: >>> C:\windows\system32\find /? >>> >>> >>> 2010/1/7 Uwe Ligges<[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 07.01.2010 02:04, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you have C:\Rtools\bin on your PATH note that it contains a >>>>> UNIX-like find utility that conflicts with the find utility in >>>>> Windows. If that is the problem then remove that from your PATH and >>>>> then run the batch file. >>>>> >>>>> The batchfiles distribution at http://batchfiles.googlecode.com has >>>>> utilities (Rgui.bat, R.bat, Rtools.bat, etc.) that will automatically >>>>> add C:\Rtools\bin to your path temporarily or only while R is running >>>>> so that you can leave it off your PATH. >>>> >>>> >>>> I guess it's the use of system() rather than shell() that causes the >>>> problem. Under Windows, you have to use shell in order to start a command >>>> interpreter. >>>> >>>> Uwe Ligges >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:51 PM, John Schexnayder<[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This is sort of a strange bug. Not show stopping, but annoying. I was >>>>>> wondering if anyone else has noticed this and reported it before I >>>>>> submit >>>>>> a bug report. >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed while running the RGui and attempting to debug one of my >>>>>> scripts >>>>>> that I encountered a Windows error informing me that "Find String >>>>>> [grep] >>>>>> Utility has encountered a problem and needs to close." It is being >>>>>> generated by a call to a DOS batch file which contains a call to >>>>>> Find.exe. >>>>>> It can be reproduced by simply typing "System("find")" in RGui. What >>>>>> I >>>>>> found strange is that I have been running this script daily without >>>>>> this >>>>>> problem for months. I now realize I never ran that portion of the >>>>>> script >>>>>> while in RGui.exe. It has always run in batch mode which is done by >>>>>> Rterm.exe. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried this on three separate machines now all running Windows XP >>>>>> SP3, with versions of R 2.8.1 and R 2.10.1 If executing >>>>>> "System("find") >>>>>> under RGui, an error window for the Find String Utility is generated >>>>>> and >>>>>> the command is not exectuted. If the same command is issued in Rterm >>>>>> the >>>>>> expected "FIND: Parameter format not correct" message is properly >>>>>> returned. >>>>>> >>>>>> It doesn't seem an important bug, but it could be the canary in the >>>>>> mine >>>>>> for a larger problem somewhere down the road. >>>>>> >>>>>> Re, >>>>>> John Schexnayder >>>>>> >>>>>> IBM Tape Manufacturing - Information Technology >>>>>> San Jose, CA 95138 >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>> [email protected] 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> [email protected] 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. >>>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] 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. >> > ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
