[R] how to print error message in batch mode

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It is probably easier to use BATCH as in

 	R CMD BATCH prova output

See ?BATCH.  That does what Elio actually asked for.

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Achim Zeileis wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:45:16 +0200 Elio Mineo wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>> I am using R in batch mode:
>>
>> $ R -q --no-save < prova > output
>>
>> the input file "prova" has these commands:
>>
>> data(USArrests)
>> x<-USArrests
>> hist(x)
>>
>> of course, the command hist(x) produces an error. The error message
>> is: Error in hist.default(x) : `x' must be numeric.
>> Is there the possibility to save this error massage in the "output"
>> file?
>
> You could do something like
>  $ R -q --no-save < prova > prova.out 2> prova.err
> Best,
> Z
>
>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Angelo
>>
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