[R] Closing R fails
Hello All I cannot close R easily: q() Error in .Last() : could not find function finalizeSession This seems to have started after I used the R.utils package. If I load the R.utils package I can close R successfully. But I do not want to have to do this every time I run R. Is there any way I can switch off /reverse this behaviour? (I have had a look in the archives/documentation but cannot find a solution). Thanks for any help. John Seers R.version$os [1] mingw32 R.version.string [1] R version 2.4.0 Patched (2006-10-29 r39744) [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ 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.
Re: [R] Closing R fails
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 12:18 +, john seers (IFR) wrote: Hello All I cannot close R easily: q() Error in .Last() : could not find function finalizeSession This seems to have started after I used the R.utils package. If I load the R.utils package I can close R successfully. But I do not want to have to do this every time I run R. John, Does R close properly if you invoke R with the --vanilla flag? I forget the best way to do this in Windows, but editing the shortcut is one way. Right click the R shortcut, find the Target, and add --vanilla to the end of it. You might need to enclose the whole path and command in , e.g.: C:\R\R.exe --vanilla. If I've gotten this wrong then I'm sure a Windows user will let us know. Your problem may be related to R loading a previous session that you saved when exiting, where you'd used R.utils, which expects to find R.utils loaded and throws and error when you exit because it isn't. Running R --vanilla will stop R automatically loading the saved R session file .RData. HTH G Is there any way I can switch off /reverse this behaviour? (I have had a look in the archives/documentation but cannot find a solution). Thanks for any help. John Seers -- %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 ECRC ENSIS, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% __ 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.
Re: [R] Closing R fails
On 11/9/2006 7:18 AM, john seers (IFR) wrote: Hello All I cannot close R easily: q() Error in .Last() : could not find function finalizeSession This seems to have started after I used the R.utils package. If I load the R.utils package I can close R successfully. But I do not want to have to do this every time I run R. You seem to have a .Last function defined that contains a call to finalizeSession. Remove it and the error should go away: .Last # to print it and see if anything important is there rm(.Last) # to remove it if not Normally you don't need .Last, but you can define it if you want R to do something on shutdown. It looks like R.utils did that for you at some point, and you saved the workspace afterwards. Duncan Murdoch Is there any way I can switch off /reverse this behaviour? (I have had a look in the archives/documentation but cannot find a solution). Thanks for any help. John Seers R.version$os [1] mingw32 R.version.string [1] R version 2.4.0 Patched (2006-10-29 r39744) [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ 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. __ 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.
Re: [R] Closing R fails
Hi Gavin Thanks for helping. Does R close properly if you invoke R with the --vanilla flag? It sure does. So, deleting .RData from my workspace seems to fix it more neatly. But, of course, the problem come backs whenever I use R.utils. (Unless I remember not to save my workspace). A good improvement though. Thanks. John --- John Seers Institute of Food Research Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UA tel +44 (0)1603 251497 fax +44 (0)1603 507723 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-disclaimer at http://www.ifr.ac.uk/edisclaimer/ Web sites: www.ifr.ac.uk www.foodandhealthnetwork.com -Original Message- From: Gavin Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 November 2006 12:46 To: john seers (IFR) Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Closing R fails On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 12:18 +, john seers (IFR) wrote: Hello All I cannot close R easily: q() Error in .Last() : could not find function finalizeSession This seems to have started after I used the R.utils package. If I load the R.utils package I can close R successfully. But I do not want to have to do this every time I run R. John, Does R close properly if you invoke R with the --vanilla flag? I forget the best way to do this in Windows, but editing the shortcut is one way. Right click the R shortcut, find the Target, and add --vanilla to the end of it. You might need to enclose the whole path and command in , e.g.: C:\R\R.exe --vanilla. If I've gotten this wrong then I'm sure a Windows user will let us know. Your problem may be related to R loading a previous session that you saved when exiting, where you'd used R.utils, which expects to find R.utils loaded and throws and error when you exit because it isn't. Running R --vanilla will stop R automatically loading the saved R session file .RData. HTH G Is there any way I can switch off /reverse this behaviour? (I have had a look in the archives/documentation but cannot find a solution). Thanks for any help. John Seers -- %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 ECRC ENSIS, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% __ 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.
Re: [R] Closing R fails
On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 13:46 +, john seers (IFR) wrote: Hi Gavin Thanks for helping. You're welcome Does R close properly if you invoke R with the --vanilla flag? It sure does. So, deleting .RData from my workspace seems to fix it more neatly. But, of course, the problem come backs whenever I use R.utils. (Unless I remember not to save my workspace). I gave up saving workspaces a while back. I prefer to have everything as a script (or scripts) that I can re-run, describing the analysis from data processing to results. Most of the work I do doesn't involve the huge data sets that some list members work does, so I can usually re-run the scripts from scratch and continue where I left off. If I have complex or tedious data manipulation scripts to process data before analysis, or a computationally complex bit of analysis, I may opt to save the resulting objects using save(), which I then load as required using a load() call within my analysis script, rather than re-run them each time. I've been caught out a few times with things being loaded that I'd forgotten about when I reused a workspace. All the best, G A good improvement though. Thanks. John --- John Seers Institute of Food Research Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UA tel +44 (0)1603 251497 fax +44 (0)1603 507723 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-disclaimer at http://www.ifr.ac.uk/edisclaimer/ Web sites: www.ifr.ac.uk www.foodandhealthnetwork.com -Original Message- From: Gavin Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 November 2006 12:46 To: john seers (IFR) Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Closing R fails On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 12:18 +, john seers (IFR) wrote: Hello All I cannot close R easily: q() Error in .Last() : could not find function finalizeSession This seems to have started after I used the R.utils package. If I load the R.utils package I can close R successfully. But I do not want to have to do this every time I run R. John, Does R close properly if you invoke R with the --vanilla flag? I forget the best way to do this in Windows, but editing the shortcut is one way. Right click the R shortcut, find the Target, and add --vanilla to the end of it. You might need to enclose the whole path and command in , e.g.: C:\R\R.exe --vanilla. If I've gotten this wrong then I'm sure a Windows user will let us know. Your problem may be related to R loading a previous session that you saved when exiting, where you'd used R.utils, which expects to find R.utils loaded and throws and error when you exit because it isn't. Running R --vanilla will stop R automatically loading the saved R session file .RData. HTH G Is there any way I can switch off /reverse this behaviour? (I have had a look in the archives/documentation but cannot find a solution). Thanks for any help. John Seers -- %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 ECRC ENSIS, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% __ 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.
