[R] Saving plot into file without showing it

[Stephan Kolassa]

Try

pdf("foo.pdf")
   plot(x)
dev.off()

Other possibilities are jpeg(), tiff(), postscript() etc.

HTH,
Stephan

julien cuisinier schrieb:
> Hi List,
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>  
> My apologies in advance if question is simplistic, I am quite new to R graphics capabilities and I could not find anything in past threads...
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> I use R 2.8.1 under Mac OS X, but I would preferrably have a cross platform answer as I use also R under Windows
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> I produce plots using R & save them in a file
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> e.g. below:
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> y <- rnorm(1000)
> x <- rnorm(1000)
> plot(x,y)
> dev.copy2pdf()
>  
> Until there fine, it create a pdf file that is composed of my plot...My "issues" are the following:
> 1. If I want to produce the plot & save it directly in a pdf file without viewing it, how do I do that? 
> 2. Can I create several plots in a row (without showing them in Quartz or whatever other graphic device) and save them all in separate files after creation? for example a function that would save me in separate files all what is visible through dev.list()
>  
> Let's keep the example of saving in pdf format here...I do not have target file type for saving the graphics. The point is that I would have another piece of code (HTML I guess, not developed yet) fetching all the charts and presenting it nicely.
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>  
> Any feedback is appreciated
>  
> Many thanks
> Julien
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