[R] dos command line

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Hartley, Stacey A wrote:

> You can, indeed, do this.  My coworker showed me how.  Rename the filename you
> want to run from the dos command line to ".Rprofile" and voila, you may type

No, as I said, it's the WINDOWS command line.

> Rterm .Rprofile at the command line and the file will run.  Actually, you only
> need to type Rterm at the command line, as it will automatically source in
> .Rprofile. The only requirement is to be in the same directory.  Obviously, be
> careful in the future to keep directories separate if you don't want that
> particular file running automatically every time you call R.
>
> Hope this helps others out there!

Please don't do this. .Rprofile is not intended to be used like this, and
it doesn't handle R code in a completely standard way.  Please do use the
solution given in the rw-FAQ or in my posting, quoted here.

>
> Stacey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:57 PM
> To: Hartley, Stacey A
> Cc: 'r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'
> Subject: Re: [R] dos command line
>
>
> There is no port of R to DOS, and R does not run from the DOS command
> line.  It does run from the Windows command prompt, and there I think you
> are looking for Rterm --no-save < filename.
>
> Looking in the rw-FAQ would have saved your sanity: it's in Q2.7.
>
> You can also do this sort of thing in other shells, e.g. tcsh and bash
> under Windows.
>
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Hartley, Stacey A wrote:
>
> > I am an Splus user trying to use R for a specific project where the client
> > needs the programs to be run in R.  Before the holidays, I figured out how
> > to run an R file from the dos command line--it worked great!  The command is
> > "Rterm something filename".  I can't remember what it is now, and it is
> > driving me nuts. Anyone know? I know I'll feel pretty stupid once the answer
> > is given...I am running R.1.4.0 pre-release on my PC.
>
>
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