[R] 'system' command through Rserve

Jeffrey Horner jeff.horner at vanderbilt.edu
Thu Jul 31 23:13:33 CEST 2008


This probably has to do with your ssh configuration and nothing to do 
with R.  How are you starting Rserve? Is it run with the same user 
privileges as when you run R manually?

Best,

Jeff
Patil, Prasad wrote on 07/31/2008 02:51 PM:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I've installed an Rserve instance on a remote server. I have no problem
> interfacing with it and running most commands. I have loaded some R
> scripts on the remote server, and one of them contains a system command
> to copy a file (created by the script) onto another server. When I run
> the script on the remote server itself, the script works as I intend: it
> creates a .csv file and uses scp to copy it onto another server. When I
> run the script remotely (through an Rconnection in Java), the .csv is
> created but the file is not copied onto the other server. Is there any
> reason why a system command would work when called locally but not when
> called remotely?
> 
>  
> 
> The format is as follows:
> 
>  
> 
> # create array
> 
>  
> 
> write.csv(array, "array.csv")
> 
>  
> 
> system("scp /{path}/array.csv {remote server}:/{path2}")
> 
>  
> 
> Again, the script works correctly when run through R on the remote
> server, but when I run it through Rserve, everything works except for
> the 'system' command. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
>  
> 
> Prasad
> 
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