[R] linux batch question

[markleeds at verizon.net]

I usually just run my R programs at the R command prompt but for my 
latest one I want to save any output that gets written to the screen so 
I am
trying to use R CMD BATCH and send the output to an output file. I 
realize I could use sink at the prompt but I'd rather try to do it this 
way
because I know that I used to do this in S+.

So, I wrote a simple one line program called test.R which is below.

print("test of batch\n")

Then I did

R CMD BATCH temp.R temp.out

temp.out which is shown below then ends up containing all my loading up 
messages  and a proc.time statement at the very bottom  but not the 
print statement itself ? Does someone know what I'm doing wrong.  I've 
looked around but I can't find anything that answers my question. My 
sessionInfo() is at ther very bottom of this email. Thanks.

 
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[1] "LOADING MASS LIBRARY"
Loading required package: graphics
Loading required package: stats
Loading required package: utils
[Previously saved workspace restored]


    Welcome to R!

delete workspace? (y/n):  print("test of batch\n")
[1] "LOADING LPSOLVE LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING RESHAPE LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING FILEHASH LIBRARY \n"
filehash: Simple key-value database (2.0 2008-08-03)
[1] "LOADING USINGR LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING CAR LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING EFFECTS LIBRARY \n"
Loading required package: lattice
Loading required package: grid

Attaching package: 'effects'


         The following object(s) are masked from package:car :

          Cowles,
          Prestige

[1] "LOADING NNET LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING LATTICE LIBRARY \n"
[1] "LOADING ML FUTURES TOOLS LIBRARY"
[1] "LOADING ML MISC TOOLS LIBRARY"
[1] "LOADING ML TEST TOOLS LIBRARY"
[1] "LOADING ML STOCK TOOLS LIBRARY"
[1] "LOADING ML DECILE TOOLS LIBRARY"
[1] "LOADING ML MULTINOM TOOLS LIBRARY"

         The following object(s) are masked from package:utils :

          memory.size

>
>

    Goodbye!

> proc.time()
    user  system elapsed
   3.061   0.087   3.252

 
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  sessionInfo()
R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
i686-redhat-linux-gnu

locale:
 
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] datasets  grid      utils     stats     graphics  grDevices methods 
base

other attached packages:
[1] nnet_7.2-44     effects_1.0-12  lattice_0.17-14 car_1.2-8 
UsingR_0.1-8    filehash_2.0    reshape_0.8.0   lpSolve_5.6.4 
MASS_7.2-44