[Rd] cat: ./R/Copy: No such file or directory

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 01/11/2008 8:53 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Dear Ted: 
> 
>       Thanks very much.  In fact, I did have a file named "Copy of 
> create.fourier.basis.R".  I deleted it and got an even more cryptic 
> version of the same error message.  I ultimately traced this to lines 
> like "<<<<<<< .working" inserted by subversion into a *.R or *.Rd file I 
> was using.  I found this by finding a previous "*.tar.gz" file that 
> passed "R CMD check", studying the subversion log of 7 different changes 
> made by 3 people since that one that worked, and reviewing changes made 
> to at least 13 different files in that period until I found the problem. 

Hi Spencer.

If you're using Windows, I really recommend using TortoiseSVN.  It'll 
make it very easy to see conflict markers like the one that caused your 
trouble.  (I don't like their compare utility, but it's easy to plug in 
a different one. I use Beyond Compare.)

If you're not on Windows, there are probably similar things available, 
but I don't know what they are.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
>       Best Wishes,
>       Spencer
> 
> (Ted Harding) wrote:
>> Just guessing here, but it looks as though an attempt has been made
>> to execute the following command:
>>
>>   cat ./R/Copy of create.fourier.basis.R
>>
>> This may have arisen because there is indeed a file named
>>
>>   "Copy of create.fourier.basis.R"
>>
>> but the command was issued to the OS without quotes; or (perhaps
>> less likely, because of the presence of the "./R/") the line
>>
>>   "Copy of create.fourier.basis.R"
>>
>> was intended as a comment in the file, but somehow got read as
>> a substantive part of the code.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Ted.
>>
>> On 01-Nov-08 15:40:33, Spencer Graves wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello: 
>>>
>>>       What do you recommend I do to get past cryptic error messages
>>> from 
>>> "R CMD check", complaining "No such file or directory"?  The package is
>>> under SVN control, and I reverted to a version that passed "R CMD 
>>> check", without eliminating the error.  The "00install.out" file is 
>>> short and bitter: 
>>>
>>>
>>> cat: ./R/Copy: No such file or directory
>>> cat: of: No such file or directory
>>> cat: create.fourier.basis.R: No such file or directory
>>> make: *** [Rcode0] Error 1
>>>
>>> ---------- Making package fda ------------
>>>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>>>   installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
>>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `R/Copy', needed by 
>>> `D:/spencerg/statmtds/splines/fda/RForge/fda/fda.Rcheck/fda/R/fda'. 
>>> Stop.
>>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>>> make: *** [pkg-fda] Error 2
>>> *** Installation of fda failed ***
>>>
>>> Removing 'D:/spencerg/statmtds/splines/fda/RForge/fda/fda.Rcheck/fda'
>>>
>>>      
>>>       Thanks for any suggestions.  I have a "*.tar.gz" file that I hope
>>> may not have this problem, but I'm not sure. 
>>>
>>>       Thanks,
>>>       Spencer
>>>
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