[R] Re: R-help Digest, Vol 2, Issue 26

[Prof Brian Ripley]

This is already corrected in R-patched (April 22 is a long time ago in R 
terms).

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Yves Brostaux wrote:

> With the same system configuration (WinNT4 SP6 and 1.7.0), I get such a Dr 
> Watson crash each time I try to use the Change dir... command in the File 
> menu of Rgui.exe. I doesn't seems to happen if I do this immediately after 
> starting R but well if I already did some computation.
> 
> I don't have any problem by using directly setwd().
> 
> At 12:10 23/04/03, you wrote:
> >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:25:32 -0400
> >From: "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com>
> >Subject: [R] changing dir to network drive in Rgui caused crash
> >         (1.7.0)
> >To: "'R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'" <R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> >Message-ID:
> >         <3A822319EB35174CA3714066D590DCD5C4FA32 at usrymx25.merck.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> >Dear R-help,
> >
> >Has anyone experienced similar problem?  On WinNT4(sp6), running Rgui from
> >1.7.0, when try to change directory to some network drive using the "File /
> >Change dir..." menu, Rgui gets a visit by Dr. Watson.  If I first change dir
> >to a local drive, then again to a network drive, it works fine.  It also
> >works fine with setwd() from the command prompt.
> >
> >Best,
> >Andy
> >
> >Andy I. Liaw, PhD
> >Biometrics Research          Phone: (732) 594-0820
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> >mailto:andy_liaw at merck.com
> >
> >
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