If you're using Mac OS 8.6 then you can't use / as a path separator (unless that is part of the filename?). Maybe try specifying the full path to the file using the file.path() function.
-roger _______________________________ UCLA Department of Statistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~rpeng On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Rogerio Rosa da Silva wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm a new user of R, and unsure of why I'm getting an > > error reading external files on my Mac OS 8.6 machine. > > I've read through posts that would seem related (and 'R > > Import/Export' and 'Introduction to R') but to no avail. > > If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Here's the problem: > > When I enter the command: > > > guilds <- read.table(file = "/untitled.teste.txt") > > I get the message: > > > Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection > > I'm sure this is just a simple matter but I'm perplexed. > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Rog�rio R. Silva > > > -- > Rogerio Rosa da Silva > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
