[R] Missing file to run Rcmd batch on Windows

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Regarding Perl, the batchfiles distribution batch files do not use Perl but
R's own Rcmd.exe does.  Based on comments recently I understand that Perl will
be eliminated from the R batch scripts soon but in the meantime if you install
Rtools (which is a set of tools that includes perl and is simple to install via
its GUI installer similar to R's) from

http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/

then Rcmd.bat will automatically detect it so you don't have to set
a path to Perl.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try writing BATCH in upper case.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Brigid Mooney <bkmooney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to run an R script using Rcmd Batch from the command line on a
>> Windows Vista machine.  I am using R version 2.8.1.
>>
>> I installed the batch files 4-3 found at
>> http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles/ and added them to my
>> path.
>> I also had to install the latest version of perl (it's Strawberry perl if
>> that makes a difference) and have added this to my path.
>>
>> Now when I run the command: Rcmd batch TestBatch.R TestOutput.txt from the
>> command line, I get the error:
>>
>> Can't open perl script "C:\Progra~1\R\R-28~1.0\bin\batch": No such file or
>> directory
>>
>> Just for reference, TestBatch.R contains only one line: print("hello world")
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea on what this file is that I might be missing?  Or
>> is there some other mistake I'm making in trying to run the a script from
>> the command line.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Brigid
>>
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