Is this for RGui under Windows? I will assume so (but 'in windows' is not unambiguous, and there are alternative front-ends like Rterm).
Have you consulted the help page for system()?: this is precisely what 'show.output.on.console' is for. You cannot redirect in system (it does say so on the current help page): you need to use shell(). On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Darren Obbard wrote: > Hi, > > Any help on the following would be much appreciated > > I wish to capture the output (currently going to console) from an > external executable. > > The executable is successfully run using > > system("program -switch ") > > and the output printed to the DOS console. > > How do I capture this output? I have tried redirecting the output to a > text file, and then reading this in > > system("program -switch > textfile.txt") > data<-scan("textfile.txt") > > But this does not seem to work (the textfile.txt is not written). It > does however work if I invoke the console to be permanent > > system("cmd /K program -switch > textfile.txt") > data<-scan("textfile.txt") > > Unfortunately, this leaves me with an open console window I have to > close manually. > > Is there a way of doing this (under windows) using system( ) or some > other command? It appears that pipe( ) may do it, but I cannot > understand the documentation. > > An example of the appropriate syntax would be an enormous help. system("program -switch ", show.output.on.console=TRUE) could it be any easier? (Well, in the next version of R that will be default, so a little.) > Thanks in advance, > > Darren > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- 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 ______________________________________________ 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.