[Rd] error with R-patched (2008-05-02 r45591)

[Peter Dalgaard]

Mark Kimpel wrote:
> Thanks guys. For the benefit of anyone following up on this in the future, I
> solved my problem in my offending file with:
>
> iconv -f LATIN1 -t UTF-8 methods.output.func.R >> methods.output.func.R
>
> Mark
>   
>
That line triggers a knee-jerk reflex with me (possibly unfairly since 
it apparently did the job). I have always learned that using the same 
file for input and output is asking for trouble: if something goes wrong 
on the way, you end with neither of them. I'd do

iconv -f LATIN1 -t UTF-8 methods.output.func.R > xxxx
mv xxxx methods.output.func.R



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