Simon: ls(all=TRUE) will show you all objects in your workspace. If you have plot history recording turned on,for example,.SavedPlots can get quite large and will be part of your saved image.
-- Bert Gunter Genentech Non-Clinical Statistics South San Francisco, CA "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning process." - George E. P. Box > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Gatehouse > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [R] Hugh image created from modest data > > Dear R users, > > I am running R2.1 on windows XP SP2. I have a problem that I > fear I am > providing insufficient information to resolve. But if anyone > can suggest > directions to understand the problem I would be most grateful. > > > > > > I import modest datasets which create a list of data frames > (primary data > object) amounting to 15.9Mb when measured internally by > object.size() . The > sizes of the list components in the primary data object are > consistent with > the total, again when measured by object.size() All other > objects in my work > area contribute less than 2Kb > > > > After doing some analysis the primary data object would on > occasions expand > to 800Mb but is (usually) cut back prior to saving the image > of the work > area on exiting, or at sparse intervals during processing. > > > > The situation now is that internally, as measured by > object.size(), my > working directory is less than 16Megs but image.save is > creating an .Rdata > image in excess of 800Meg. Could this be consistent in some > way? If it is > not, or is unusual, how would I go about finding the extra, unwanted > information and removing it. > > > > Any comment or suggestions would be appreciated > > > > Simon Gatehouse > > > [[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 > ______________________________________________ [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
