On 28 Apr 2004 at 13:53, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >
. . > I don't see why: package base is never unloaded so that hook function > is never run. (Indeed, no package/namespace is unloaded except by > explicit user action, in particular not when R is terminated.) > > > So there are also other tmpdirs made by R. Why, where, and why are > > they not removed at exit (when their content are removed)? > > They are removed by R. This is a Windows-only bug, as Windows > sometimes does not act on commands to remove empty directories (but > only sometimes). So is there anything I can do to remedy this nuisance (apart from reinstalling a newer XP (other messages indicates that can give surprises!) or changing OS)? Kjetil Halvorsen Session temporary directories should only be left > around when a session crashes. > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South > Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, > UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
