I wrote: > > library(XML) > tt <- xmlHashTree() > head <- addNode(xmlNode("head"), character(), tt) > test <- addNode(xmlNode("test", attrs=c(pi="4")), head, tt) > tt # ok > saveXML(tt, file="test.xml") # error > I found a way to circumvent this error, by replacing the saveXML line with: sink("test.xml") print(tt) sink() Alberto Monteiro