If I had to guess it would be that your file isn't in the working directory. If you supply the entire file location does it work as expected?
HTH B On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 3:29 PM, David Epstein <[email protected]>wrote: > I tried using various versions of the 'edit' command. Here is an account of > how this failed. I hope I have included all relevant information. > > I haven't used R for a couple of years. Before restarting with R, I > downloaded the latest version I could find in its binary version, and > installed it without any problems. > Mac Os X Finder command "About R" responds with > R 3.0.1 GUI 1.61 Snow Leopard build (6492) > > From inside R > > version > > > platform x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 > > arch x86_64 > > os darwin10.8.0 #(However, my os is in fact 10.6.8) > > system x86_64, darwin10.8.0 > > status > > major 3 > > minor 0.1 > > year 2013 > > month 05 > > day 16 > > svn rev 62743 > > language R > > version.string R version 3.0.1 (2013-05-16) > > nickname Good Sport > > > > edit(file='2.9.R') > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(con, "r") : cannot open file '2.9.R': No such file or directory > > > > getOption('editor') > [1] "vi" > > > edit(file='2.9.R',editor='/opt/local/bin/vim') > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(con, "r") : cannot open file '2.9.R': No such file or directory > > > > vi(file='try') > > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > In file(con, "r") : cannot open file 'try': No such file or directory > > > And here is my interaction with tcsh (my default shell) > H2:~% echo $VISUAL > /opt/local/bin/vim > H2:~% echo $EDITOR > /opt/local/bin/vim > H2:~% which vi > vi: aliased to /opt/local/bin/vim > H2:~/<4>Chap2% ls -ld > drwxr-xr-x 11 dbae dbae 374 8 Aug 10:54 ./ > > > What am I doing wrong? > Thanks for any help. > David > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
