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

Tim Triche, Jr. tim.triche at gmail.com
Mon Nov 4 22:04:30 CET 2013


That's got to be it. Thanks!

--t

> On Nov 4, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtenenba at fhcrc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> ----- 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
> 
> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --t
>> 
>> 
>> *He that would live in peace and at ease, *
>> *Must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.*
>> 
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