[R] shell scripts in R

[Andrew Robinson]

First I have to correct myself; there probably is an ls object in your
workspace, but it's a function.

Second I have to suggest you should try to run the example code in the
help file.  Surely this would clarify that the string has to be
quoted?

t1 <- system("who", TRUE)

I'm not so sure that it's a question of saving bytes as a question of
assuming that people will try reasonable avenues.

Cheers

Andrew

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 12:39:59AM +0200, Benedict P. Barszcz wrote:
> Dnia pi?tek, 14 pa?dziernika 2005 00:13, Sundar Dorai-Raj napisa?:
> 
> > Don't you mean system("ls")? See ?system.
> >
> > Arguments:
> >
> > command: the system command to be invoked, as a string.
> 
> This is the kind of obstacles a newbie has to overcome. Whoeve is writing the 
> documentation for R, please do not attempt to save on bytes. Life would be so 
> much more pleasureable.... if only it would say "as a quoted string". Jee.
> 
> 
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