[R] error possibly related to sweave, path, and spaces on windows

[Erik Iverson]

On 08/21/2010 11:02 AM, Juliet Hannah wrote:
> I have downloaded a file that I don't know how to describe correctly.
> It contains R code and Latex, and I should be able to reproduce an
> analysis by running an R script in this folder.
>
> There is a line in the R script:
>
>    junk<- system(paste("/usr/texbin/pdflatex ",latexFiles[i1]),
>                   intern=TRUE)
>
> that needs to be modified to run on my computer. I use WinEdt with
> Miktek 2.6 Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can modify the
> statement above to work on my computer. Or any other suggestions to
> get it working.
>
> On my computer I see that pdflatex.exe is in:
>
> C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.6\miktex\bin
>
> So I made the following modification.
>
> junk<- system(paste("C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX
> 2.6\\miktex\\bin\\pdflatex ",latexFiles[i1]),
>                   intern=TRUE)
>
> Maybe spaces are causing problems? Here is the error:
>
>> source("D:\\My Documents\\Coombes2\\Scripts\\runAll2.R")
> Writing to file buildRda.cellLinesFromPredictors.tex
> Processing code chunks ...
>   1 : echo term verbatim (label=options)
>   2 : echo term verbatim (label=invokeMatchPredictors)
>   3 : echo term verbatim (label=getLocation)
>   4 : echo term verbatim (label=saveStuff)
>   5 : echo term verbatim (label=sessionInfo)
>
> You can now run LaTeX on 'buildRda.cellLinesFromPredictors.tex'
> Error in system(paste("C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX
> 2.6\\miktex\\bin\\pdflatex",  :
>    C:\Program not found
>
> Thanks for any help.

Yes, see the first paragraph of the Details section of ?system.

You can also check your system path, I think MikTeX tries to
alter it to include its "bin" directory.  Therefore, you might
get by with just using "pdflatex" as your command in the system
call.