the following diff to the shell script invoking R prints an error message if R terminates with an error code: 112c112,119 < exec sh "${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "${@}" ;; --- > sh "${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "${@}" > rc="$?" > if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then > shift ; > echo "${@}: Error Return Code: $rc" > fi > exit $? > ;; regards, /iaw