[Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0

[Tomas Kalibera]

Thanks, actually this is because the snapshot build is still one version 
behind (74642, the fix is in 74643). When I build my own installer and 
install it seems to be working fine. Sorry for the confusion,

Tomas

On 04/26/2018 02:49 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote:
> Hi Tomas,
>
> Thanks for the info about the binary builds; I did install it, however the bug still seems to be there in the current build.  The workaround you suggested does work:
>
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R"
> Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\foo': No such file or directory
>
>
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" --vanilla "C:\foo bar.R"
> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?
> C:\>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Kalibera [mailto:tomas.kalibera at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:35 AM
> To: Kerry Jackson <Kerry.Jackson at Ipsos.com>; r-devel at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0
>
> On 04/26/2018 02:23 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote:
>> Thanks Tomas.
>>
>> I confirm the quick workaround works for me in the DOS prompt, and when having a shortcut to RScript in SendTo, and when used in the Task Scheduler.  I have not tested the R-devel version, due to my unfamiliarity with installing from source code.
> Thanks, Kerry.
>
> There are binary builds for daily snapshots of R-devel (development/unstable version of R) at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html
>
> At this time the build should already have the fix.
>
> Best
> Tomas
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tomas Kalibera [mailto:tomas.kalibera at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:34 AM
>> To: Kerry Jackson <Kerry.Jackson at Ipsos.com>; r-devel at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] Bug in RScript.exe for 3.5.0
>>
>> Fixed in R-devel. I will port to R-patched after more testing.
>> Tomas
>>
>> On 04/26/2018 01:52 AM, Tomas Kalibera wrote:
>>> Thanks for the report. A quick workaround before this gets fixed is
>>> to add an extra first argument that has no space in it, e.g.
>>>
>>> Rscript --vanilla "foo bar.R"
>>>
>>> The problem exists on all systems, not just Windows.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>> On 04/25/2018 09:55 PM, Kerry Jackson wrote:
>>>> Hi R Developers,
>>>> I have found what I think is a bug in the RScript.exe in version
>>>> 3.5.0 of R for Windows.
>>>> When I call Rscript.exe for Version 3.5 of R, it is unable to open
>>>> the file if the file name or path has a space in it.
>>>> As an example of what happens, I saved 2 files with the code:
>>>> cat("What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?") as C:\foo bar.R and
>>>> as C:\foo_bar.R When I in a DOS command window try to run these
>>>> using version 3.4.3 and 3.5:
>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R"
>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?
>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo_bar.R"
>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?
>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.5.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo bar.R"
>>>> Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\foo': No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> C:\>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.5.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe" "C:\foo_bar.R"
>>>> What do you get when you multiply 6 * 9?
>>>> C:\>
>>>> When I try to run the file with a space in the name in version 3.5.0
>>>> of R, there is a fatal error saying there is no such file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kerry Jackson
>>>> Job title: Senior Account Manager, Ipsos Connect US RA Testing GMU
>>>> Phone: (203) 840-3443
>>>>
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