[R] sas.get function in Hmsic 3.4-4 vs. 3.0-12

[David Winsemius]

Could the R Windows FAQ 2.16 be relevant?

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#R-can_0027t-find-my-file

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D Winsemius

On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Larry Ma wrote:

> Dear R Users,
>
> I have just installed R 2.8 today and also updated the Hmisc package  
> to the latest 3.4-4 version.  However, the sas.get function no  
> longer works in the new Hmsic 3.4-4.  Below is a sample code and  
> output from the old and new, but the old one worked.
>
> Can someone tell me how sas.get should be used in Hmisc 3.4-4.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
>
> Package Hmisc version 3.0-12
>> a1 <- sas.get("C:\\Temp", mem="one")
> Read 2 records
> Read 1 record
> Warning message:
> C:\Temp/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat  not found. Formatting  
> ignored.
> in: sas.get("C:\\Temp", mem = "one")
>> a1
>  x y
> 1 1 2
>
>
> Package Hmisc version 3.4-4
>> a1 <- sas.get("C:\\Temp", mem="one")
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
> Error in sas.get("C:\\Temp", mem = "one") : SAS job failed with  
> status 1
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In sas.get("C:\\Temp", mem = "one") :
>  C:\Temp/formats.sc? or formats.sas7bcat  not found. Formatting  
> ignored.
> 2: In shell(cmd, wait = TRUE, intern = output) :
>  '"sas" "C:\DOCUME~1\malarry\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp84GyYh 
> \SaS2ea6bb3.3.sas" -log "_temp_.log"' execution failed with error  
> code 1
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