[R] argv[0] --- again

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 4/2/2006 9:34 PM, ivo welch wrote:
> dear R group:  I have the probably fairly common problem that I would
> like to have one code.R file do different things if it is invoked from
> a symbolic link, which should be easy to uncover.
> 
>   $ ln -s code.R code-0.R
>   $ ln -s code.R code-1.R
>   $ R CMD BATCH code-1.R
> 
> what needs to be in code-1.R to put code-1.r into a character vector? 
> help appreciated.
> 
> regards,  /ivo welch
> 
> 
> PS :    I read the past R-help posts on the subject, but apparently
> the older suggested solutions no longer work.  (commandArgs() is not
> the answer, either.)  And I did also not see it under the FAQ in the R
> programming section...and may I suggest this for the faq?

I think the answer to this is platform dependent.  In Windows, the 
answer is:  you can't.  The command line gets eaten by Rcmd.exe and 
isn't passed to R.

Duncan Murdoch