[R] error when setting up Rcmd BATCH on new computer

[Brigid Mooney]

My apologies, the files version 4-3 files I downloaded came from the link:
http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles



2009/3/27 Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>:
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> Brigid Mooney wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I got a new computer, and am trying to reinstall R and have run into a
>> bit of a problem when running the BATCH command.
>> For reference, the OS is Windows Vista, 64 bit.
>>
>> I installed R 2.8.1 and have the 4-3 files from the following link
>> extracted with the containing folder in my system PATH variable.
>
> Can you explain the sentence above, please?
> What is 4-3? Which link? containing folder?
>
> Uwe Ligges
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>
>> However, when I try to run the following command from the dos prompt:
>> Rcmd BATCH TestBatch.R testoutput.txt
>>
>> Note: TestBatch.R is simply a file containing the statement:
>> print("hello world")
>>
>> I get the error: \Common was unexpected at this time.
>>
>> If anyone can provide any insight into this problem, I would really
>> appreciate it as I thought I remembered all the steps from when I set
>> this all up on my old computer...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brigid
>>
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