[R] Issues getting R to write image files

Mario Valle mvalle at cscs.ch
Thu Jun 11 11:19:03 CEST 2009


Has tried to close the image file at the end?
Do:
dev.off()

Hope it helps
                            mario
Kenny Larsen wrote:
> Hi All, 
>
> Have spent the last couple of days learning R and shell scripting to do
> batch plotting jobs. I have had success getting R to complete a filled
> contour plot and output to a file (.jpg or .tiff etc). However, when I try
> to do the same thing with the simple plot command the script seems to
> execute correctly yet there is no output. Below is my R code: 
>
> file <- Sys.getenv("input_file") 
> tiff(paste( file, "tiff", sep=".")) 
> z <- read.table(file) 
> plot(z, type="l", xlim=range(0.6,2), col = "red", plot.title = title(main =
> file, xlab = "Wavelength (um)", ylab = "Intensity (arb.)) 
> q() 
>
> The data file is simply 2 columns of real numbers. The system it is running
> on is a linux box from the command line, but does have the Xlibrarys and can
> clearly write tiff's as it managed it with the filled contours. 
>
> Bear in mind I only started with both linux and R a couple of days ago, so
> be gentle if it is something silly! 
>
> Cheers, 
>
> Kenny
>
>   


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