Re: [R] command line fails
Thans Dan. It seems that it may be an issue with 3.4.3...I'm going to attempt a patch this weekend. The code works fine from the command line in 3.2.5! Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 -Original Message- From: Daniel Nordlund [mailto:djnordl...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 4:44 PM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 2/2/2018 4:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: > Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple > script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can > put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command > line the r window simply flashes and closes. > > There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know > it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to > save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. > I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe > "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes > perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. > > Thanks for the help! > > Mike > > Michael Ashton, CFA > Managing Principal > > Enduring Investments LLC > W: 973.457.4602 > C: 551.655.8006 > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > __ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > Mike, on Windows, anytime you send a path that contains a space to the command line it needs to be enclosed in double quotes. Try a call like "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/bin/Rscript.exe" "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't know how rscript handles the '\' character (i.e. as an escape or not) so I changed the '\' to '/' just to be safe. And note, the program pathname and the file being passed need to be quoted separately. Hope this helps, Dan -- Daniel Nordlund Port Townsend, WA USA __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
On 2/2/2018 4:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. Thanks for the help! Mike Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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. Mike, on Windows, anytime you send a path that contains a space to the command line it needs to be enclosed in double quotes. Try a call like "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/bin/Rscript.exe" "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't know how rscript handles the '\' character (i.e. as an escape or not) so I changed the '\' to '/' just to be safe. And note, the program pathname and the file being passed need to be quoted separately. Hope this helps, Dan -- Daniel Nordlund Port Townsend, WA USA __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
On Fri, 02 Feb 2018, Michael Ashton writes: > Where can I get the patch? I've never installed a patch for R...usually just > upgrade. > > Michael Ashton, CFA > Managing Principal > > Enduring Investments LLC > W: 973.457.4602 > C: 551.655.8006 > The patched build (i.e. a complete version, not just the patch) is available from the same CRAN site at which you find the official release; just further below. > -Original Message- > From: Enrico Schumann [mailto:e...@enricoschumann.net] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 10:36 AM > To: Michael Ashton > Cc: Duncan Murdoch; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] command line fails > > > Quoting Michael Ashton <m.ash...@enduringinvestments.com>: > >> Fascinating. The script runs fine in 3.2.5, but won't run in 3.4.3 >> even with ALL lines commented out. >> >> I have no idea what that means. I can't imagine I found a 3.4.3 bug no >> one knows about. >> >> Michael Ashton, CFA >> Managing Principal >> >> Enduring Investments LLC >> W: 973.457.4602 >> C: 551.655.8006 > > Just a guess: Could you try the patched version? > > There was some discussion concerning 3.4.3 and command-line arguments on > Windows: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-December/075194.html > > Kind regards > Enrico > > > >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 9:03 AM >> To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: Re: [R] command line fails >> >> On 02/02/2018 8:20 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: >>> I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this >>> same manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off >>> without a hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, >>> and the only script I am using that version of R for at the moment. >>> >>> Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same >>> result. :-) >>> >> >> I'd try to determine if anything works with 3.4.3. If nothing does, >> maybe you need to back out to the older version. If some scripts work >> and some don't, then it shouldn't take long to find the offending line >> by bisection: comment out the last half of the script, if it works, >> that's where the problem is, so comment only the last quarter, etc. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> >>> Michael Ashton, CFA >>> Managing Principal >>> >>> Enduring Investments LLC >>> W: 973.457.4602 >>> C: 551.655.8006 >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM >>> To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org >>> Subject: Re: [R] command line fails >>> >>> On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: >>>> Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing >>>> my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called >>>> from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but >>>> when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and >>>> closes. >>>> >>>> There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I >>>> don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not >>>> really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even >>>> executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program >>>> Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV >>>> Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI >>>> first and then run it within R. >>>> >>> >>> I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. >>> "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if >>> R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by >>> the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. >>> >>> Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script >>> in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably >>> escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. >>> (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command >>> shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) >>> Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and >>> the
Re: [R] command line fails
Quoting Michael Ashton <m.ash...@enduringinvestments.com>: Fascinating. The script runs fine in 3.2.5, but won't run in 3.4.3 even with ALL lines commented out. I have no idea what that means. I can't imagine I found a 3.4.3 bug no one knows about. Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 Just a guess: Could you try the patched version? There was some discussion concerning 3.4.3 and command-line arguments on Windows: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-December/075194.html Kind regards Enrico -Original Message- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 9:03 AM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 02/02/2018 8:20 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this same manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off without a hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, and the only script I am using that version of R for at the moment. Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same result. :-) I'd try to determine if anything works with 3.4.3. If nothing does, maybe you need to back out to the older version. If some scripts work and some don't, then it shouldn't take long to find the offending line by bisection: comment out the last half of the script, if it works, that's where the problem is, so comment only the last quarter, etc. Duncan Murdoch Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 -Original Message- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and then use a relative path for the R script. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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. -- Enrico Schumann Lucerne, Switzerland http://enricoschumann.net __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
Fascinating. The script runs fine in 3.2.5, but won't run in 3.4.3 even with ALL lines commented out. I have no idea what that means. I can't imagine I found a 3.4.3 bug no one knows about. Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 -Original Message- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 9:03 AM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 02/02/2018 8:20 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: > I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this same > manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off without a > hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, and the only script > I am using that version of R for at the moment. > > Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same > result. :-) > I'd try to determine if anything works with 3.4.3. If nothing does, maybe you need to back out to the older version. If some scripts work and some don't, then it shouldn't take long to find the offending line by bisection: comment out the last half of the script, if it works, that's where the problem is, so comment only the last quarter, etc. Duncan Murdoch > Michael Ashton, CFA > Managing Principal > > Enduring Investments LLC > W: 973.457.4602 > C: 551.655.8006 > > > -Original Message- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM > To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] command line fails > > On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: >> Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my >> simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from >> rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called >> from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. >> >> There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know >> it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to >> save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. >> I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe >> "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes >> perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. >> > > I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. "P:/Investments/Trading > Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if R processes the path to the > script or whether it's done entirely by the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. > > Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script in a > path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably escape that > space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. (Escapes in Windows > can be processed by the command shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to > get them right.) Another alternative might be to change directory to that > path and then use a relative path for the R script. > > Duncan Murdoch > __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
On 02/02/2018 8:20 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this same manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off without a hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, and the only script I am using that version of R for at the moment. Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same result. :-) I'd try to determine if anything works with 3.4.3. If nothing does, maybe you need to back out to the older version. If some scripts work and some don't, then it shouldn't take long to find the offending line by bisection: comment out the last half of the script, if it works, that's where the problem is, so comment only the last quarter, etc. Duncan Murdoch Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 -Original Message- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and then use a relative path for the R script. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
I don't think it's the path or the slashes. I run other files in this same manner, with the same path to the script itself, and they go off without a hitch. Although this is the first time I am using 3.4.3, and the only script I am using that version of R for at the moment. Having said that, I did TRY reversing the slashes and got the same result. :-) Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 -Original Message- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 8:16 AM To: Michael Ashton; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] command line fails On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: > Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple > script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can > put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command > line the r window simply flashes and closes. > > There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know > it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to > save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. > I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe > "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes > perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. > I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and then use a relative path for the R script. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
Re: [R] command line fails
On 02/02/2018 7:52 AM, Michael Ashton wrote: Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. I'd try using forward slashes in the path, i.e. "P:/Investments/Trading Tools/RV Tools/myfile.r" I don't remember if R processes the path to the script or whether it's done entirely by the shell, but they shouldn't hurt. Spaces in file paths sometimes cause trouble. If you put the script in a path with no spaces does that help? If so, you can probably escape that space, but I can't remember what the escape sequence is. (Escapes in Windows can be processed by the command shell or Rscript.exe or both, so it's hard to get them right.) Another alternative might be to change directory to that path and then use a relative path for the R script. Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
[R] command line fails
Hi - Think this is quick help. Not sure how to trap what is causing my simple script to run fine in R, but fail immediately when called from rscript. I can put all sorts of traps in the script itself, but when called from the command line the r window simply flashes and closes. There's probably a way to find out why rscript is failing, but I don't know it and can't seem to find it online. To be clear, I'm not really trying to save the OUTPUT of the file...it never even executes as far as I can tell. I'm calling it with C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\Rscript.exe "P:\Investments\Trading Tools\RV Tools\myfile.r" And again, it executes perfectly if I open the GUI first and then run it within R. Thanks for the help! Mike Michael Ashton, CFA Managing Principal Enduring Investments LLC W: 973.457.4602 C: 551.655.8006 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
