[Rd] R 2.3.1 and R2.3.0 crash with system() and shell() commands (PR#9207)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Works correctly for me in the Rtools directory on 2.3.1.

Any more clues as to how to reproduce this?

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Johannes.Prix at wu-wien.ac.at wrote:

> Full_Name: Johannes Prix
> Version: 2.3.1/2.3.0 not 2.1.1
> OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.0503011519
> Submission from: (NULL) (137.208.41.103)
> 
> 
> 
> In a vanilla R, version 2.3.1 or version 2.3.0 the following crashes:
> 
> system("gzip.exe")
> 
> where I did nothing, prior to this command, but change the directory to my other
> working directory where there's gzip.exe.  Same happens for PUTTY's pscp.exe and
> other commands.  Normally, I use a longer command line than the one above, but
> it also crashes with this short one.  Makes no difference if  I use Rgui.exe or
> Rterm.exe.  Same result with "shell" instead of "system".
> 
> With non-existing commands, I get
> 
> > system("asdf")
> Warning message:
> asdf nicht gefunden 
> > 
> 
> It works on an 2.1.1 installation though.
> 
> The machine is otherwise "normal" but has lots of memory.
> 
> Any clues on how to circumvent this would be wonderful.  Otherwise I'll just
> stick to the R-2.1.1 where it's working.  Please let me know if anything else in
> this bug report is missing.
> 
> Thanks a lot and see ya, 
> Johannes Prix.
> 
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