[R] batch file output

[David Winsemius]

On Dec 28, 2010, at 8:27 AM, David Winsemius wrote:

>
> On Dec 28, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Mikkel Grum wrote:
>
>> I run a batch file with the following command in Windows XP:
>>
>> C:\R\R-2.12.1\bin\Rterm.exe --no-save --no-restore <C:\users\me 
>> \file.R> C:\users\me\file.out 2>&1
>>
>> Is there any way to get only the output of R in file.out, without  
>> getting all the code from file.R too?
>
> Put a sink(file="C:\users\me\file2.out")

Would probably work better to use forward slashes.

> in the file.R would be one way but your general strategy looks a bit  
> strange. One does not generally use the interactive version of R for  
> batch execution. See:
>
> http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/utils/html/BATCH.html
>
> -- 

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT