Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Gregor Gorjanc wrote: >> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley <at> stats.ox.ac.uk> writes: >> ... >>> Check out tests/internet.R. nsl() checks if you can resolve host names, >>> which has worked well enough there. >> Thank you prof. Ripley for this pointer. I am posting here the relevant part >> if >> someone does not look at SVN. I would just like to ask why is >> .Platform$OS.type >> == "unix" added to the test? Is nsl() available only on unix like platforms >> or >> ... I did not found any specifics in its help page. > > Did you look at the help page on Windows? Looking at the help page on > Unix only tells you about Unix. > > Hint: the help page is src/library/utils/man/unix/nsl.Rd > > (In my country, PhD students are supposed to be able to find things > like that out for themselves.) > > ...
Thank you for additional pointer. I did not look windows help page as I do not have windows at disposal all the time, but You are right - I should have looked into the sources. I found out that there is no such function i.e. nsl() under windows. If I summarize the thread there is (currently) no way to test for internet presence with a general approach. -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Ljubljana PhD student Biotechnical Faculty Zootechnical Department URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan Groblje 3 mail: gregor.gorjanc <at> bfro.uni-lj.si SI-1230 Domzale tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 Slovenia, Europe fax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try." Sophocles ~ 450 B.C. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.