[R] RdConv.bat under NT 4.0

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Richards, Tom wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> 	I have just used prompt() in R1.0.1, NT4.0, to make a
> file called myfun.Rd, in my %R_HOME%\bin subdirectory, then
> tried converting the .rd file to HTML using the Rdconv.bat, as follows:
> 
> Rdconv --type=html myfun.Rd
> 
> The message that I got was
> 
> cat: cannot open **
> 
> where ** is some unintelligible character.
> It looks like a Perl problem to me (I've just installed ActivePerl 5.6.0.613
> today)
> Perl is definitely in my path.
> I have set R_HOME=D:\Progra~1\Rw1001.

Some further investigation has shown that this is due to the `cat' program
in use.  To use Rdconv.bat you need a Unix-compatible `cat' program, for
example the one in tools.zip on CRAN.

I will try to eliminate this dependency for 1.1.0, but for now that is the
workaround.


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