sorry I don't seem to be getting it. I am working on windows XP.
I have tried several ways of writing the 'BinaryFiles' which include

file("C:/myPkg/inst/executables/win32/foo.exe") '\r\n'
file("C:/myPkg/inst/executables/win32/foo.exe") CRLF
"C:/myPkg/inst/executables/win32/foo.exe" CRLF

and variations of the above, but to no avail.


On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Prof Brian Ripley
<ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk>wrote:

> On 20/02/2012 17:17, sahir bhatnagar wrote:
>
>> thanks,
>> I run into the following error message when running R CMD check
>>
>> "Source packages should not contain undeclared executable files"
>>
>> in reference to the following instruction from the help manual:
>> "R CMD check will warn about them unless they are listed (one filepath per
>> line) in a file BinaryFiles at the top level of the package."
>>
>> I created a file called 'BinaryFiles' placed in 'myPkg' directory.
>> 'BinaryFiles' lists the path of the executable files that are included
>> in myPkg/executables/win32. however I am still getting an error:
>>
>> Warning in readLines("BinaryFiles"): incomplete final line found on
>> 'Binary
>> Files'
>>
>
> That is a warning, not an error.  And it means that you did not create the
> file correctly: ensure that you have an EOL mark (newline or CRLF depending
> on your OS) at the end of the last line.
>
>
>  -Sahir
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:17 PM, William Dunlap<wdunlap@tibco.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  If you put your prebuilt.exe into a directory under the
>>> 'source' package's inst directory, say yourPkg/inst/executables/**win32,
>>> then the installed package will have them in in
>>> yourPkg/executables/win32 and the user (via code you
>>> write, presumably) can get the full path to the executable
>>> in the installed package with
>>>  system.file(package="yourPkg", "executables", "win32", "prebuilt.exe").
>>> Paste the output of that into the command given to system().
>>>
>>> Bill Dunlap
>>> Spotfire, TIBCO Software
>>> wdunlap tibco.com
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: r-devel-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:
>>>>
>>> r-devel-bounces@r-project.org] On Behalf Of sahir
>>>
>>>> bhatnagar
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:59 PM
>>>> To: Duncan Murdoch
>>>> Cc: r-devel@r-project.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] executable files R package
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> I will not submit to CRAN.
>>>>
>>>> I am having trouble going about including the .exe files in my package.
>>>> > From the readings I see that the .exe files must be placed in a 'src'
>>>> folder. But I don't see how I can access those files in R, without
>>>> having
>>>> to specify its path in the R command 'system'. I would like for the user
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> only have to input a data file, which is then used in the .exe file.
>>>>
>>>> My problem is the following:
>>>> Create a function which has two user inputs i.e. datasets: D1.txt and
>>>>
>>> D2.txt
>>>
>>>> I have two '.exe' files i.e. E1.exe and E2.exe
>>>>
>>>> E1 takes in D1 and then outputs a text file say "text"
>>>>
>>>> then E2 takes in D2 and the "text", which outputs the result.
>>>>
>>>> Can this be done (even if it means having two functions) and then
>>>>
>>> assembled
>>>
>>>> in a package, without the user having to specify the path of the .exe
>>>> files, as well as the "text" that is outputted from running E1?
>>>>
>>>> Any direction as to how I can go about creating a package that would
>>>> include these '.exe. files? I have only found documentation on calling
>>>> .C
>>>> code in R.
>>>>
>>>> Any help is much appreciated
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Duncan Murdoch
>>>> <murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>**wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On 13/02/2012 2:36 PM, sahir bhatnagar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I am in the process of creating a package in R which calls
>>>>>> pre-compiled C code i.e. '.exe' files in Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since CRAN will not accept packages with binary code files, what are
>>>>>> my options to meet the requirements while still including the
>>>>>> executable file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think you should ask the CRAN administrators that, but my
>>>>>
>>>> understanding
>>>
>>>> is that they are unlikely to accept your package as described.  CRAN is
>>>>> interested in platform-neutral packages, and if you have an .exe,
>>>>>
>>>> you're
>>>
>>>> going to be Windows-only.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you include the source code for that .exe and put together the
>>>>>
>>>> Makefile
>>>
>>>> to compile it, then they'd be more receptive, and someone might offer
>>>>>
>>>> help
>>>
>>>> to get it to run on other platforms if it doesn't on your first
>>>>>
>>>> attempt.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If you don't want to include the .exe source (or can't), I think you
>>>>> should just publish it on your own web page.
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>>
>>>>>  I read section 1.5.2 of the manual which mentions three options two of
>>>>>
>>>>>> which involve negotiating with CRAN administrators. The third
>>>>>> references the package Cairo which arranges to download additional
>>>>>> software, but I don't see how this will allow my package to get
>>>>>> accepted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would seem that I need to ensure that my package works under both
>>>>>> architectures (32 and 64 bit).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) Would this be sufficient to get it accepted?
>>>>>> 2) If so, does anyone have any documentation in performing this task,
>>>>>> or can someone point me in the right direction?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was told that 'arulesSequences' is an example of a CRAN package
>>>>>> while compiles executables. Was this package accepted because it
>>>>>> worked under both architectures? or are there other reasons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
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