[Bioc-devel] disappearing .tex file when running R CMD Sweave on a new vignette

[Dan Tenenbaum]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Triche, Jr." <tim.triche at gmail.com>
> To: bioc-devel at r-project.org
> Sent: Monday, November 4, 2013 12:25:19 PM
> Subject: [Bioc-devel] disappearing .tex file when running R CMD Sweave on a	new vignette
> 
> I get a bizarre error when compiling a newly-added Methylumi
> vignette:
> 
> 10 : echo keep.source term verbatim (label = sessioninfo,
> methylumi450k.Rnw:136)
> Error in driver$finish(drobj) :
>   the output file 'methylumi450k.tex' has disappeared
> Calls: <Anonymous> -> do.call -> <Anonymous> -> <Anonymous>
> Execution halted
> 
> This is bizarre because 1) the file is still there, and 2) all the
> heavy
> lifting is done.
> 
> sessionInfo(), etc. is included properly and the vignette concludes
> with
> \end{document}, but nothing I do seems to resolve this driver error.
> 
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> 

Probably has to do with calling setwd() in the vignette? Maybe you need an on.exit() that restores the original directory. My guess is that you changed directory and then R can't see the tex file because it's in a different directory. See 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12162092/r-sweave-output-error

Dan


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