[R] Include local files when running R remotely

[RICHARD M. HEIBERGER]

Since you are already on emacs, try using ESS.  I am pretty sure we do that.
http://ess.r-project.org

Please follow up on the ESS mailing ess-help at stat.math.ethz.ch

Rich

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Barry Rowlingson
<b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Erik Shilts <erik.shilts at opower.com> wrote:
>> I run R on a remote UNIX server where the data are stored that I ssh into
>> through Emacs, while I store my R scripts on local Windows network drives.
>> So far this arrangement hasn't been a problem, though now I'd like to use
>> source() or a similar function to include other R scripts to get a better
>> handle on my process management. Is this possible when running R remotely?
>> When I try to use source() it tells me that the file doesn't exist since
>> it's looking for it on the UNIX servers.
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
>
>  Sounds like a file sharing problem rather than an R problem - ideas
> that pop into my head include:
>
>  * mounting the Windows drives on the Unix box - this requires sharing
> them out in Windows, and being able to run smbmount on the unix box.
>
>  * get rsync for Windows (maybe install cygwin and get a bunch of
> useful Unixy tools for Windows) and use that to efficiently copy from
> one machine to the other. But that relies on you remembering to sync
> and making sure you dont sync the wrong way. Because then you'll be
> sunk.
>
>  * there may be implementations of NFS on Windows, which mean you
> could NFS-mount the Unix drives on your Windows box - but I've always
> found those things to be a bit flaky.
>
>  The two options involving mounting will require cooperation of your
> superuser...
>
> Barry
>
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